TY - BOOK AU - Jansen,Bernard J. AU - Spink,Amanda AU - Taksai,Isak ED - IGI eBooks. ED - IGI Global. TI - Handbook of research on Web log analysis SN - 9781599049755 (ebook) AV - TK5105.888 .H3636 2009e U1 - 006.312 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Hershey, Pa. PB - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) KW - World Wide Web KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Web usage mining KW - Adaptive dialogue-driven search KW - Connector Web site KW - Dynamic Web pages customization KW - Interaction design KW - Machine learning approach KW - Query log analysis KW - Search log analysis KW - Search query classification KW - Search query logs KW - Transaction log analysis KW - Very-scale conversation KW - Web analytics KW - Web information seeking behavior KW - Web log analysis KW - Web log privacy KW - Web logging data KW - Web sites KW - Web usage studies KW - Web-traffic measurement KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 538-592) and index; 1. Research and Methodological Foundations of Transaction Log Analysis --; Section 1. Web Log Analysis: Perspectives, Issues, and Directions -- 2. Historic Perspective of Log Analysis -- 3. Surveys as a Complementary Method for Web Log Analysis -- 4. Watching the Web: An Ontological and Epistemological Critique of Web-Traffic Measurement -- 5. Privacy Concerns for Web Logging Data --; Section 2. Methodology and Metrics -- 6. The Methodology of Search Log Analysis -- 7. Uses, Limitations, and Trends in Web Analytics -- 8. A Review of Methodologies for Analyzing Websites -- 9. The Unit of Analysis and the Validity of Web Log Data -- 10. Recommendations for Reporting Web Usage Studies --; Section 3. Behavior Analysis -- 11. From Analysis to Estimation of User Behavior -- 12. An Integrated Approach to Interaction Design and Log Analysis -- 13. Tips for Tracking Web Information Seeking Behavior -- 14. Identifying Users Stereotypes for Dynamic Web Pages Customization -- 15. Finding Meaning in Online, Very-Large Scale Conversations --; Section 4. Query Log Analysis -- 16. Machine Learning Approach to Search Query Classification -- 17. Topic Analysis and Identification of Queries -- 18. Query Log Analysis in Biomedicine -- 19. Processing and Analysis of Search Query Logs in Chinese -- 20. Query Log Analysis for Adaptive Dialogue-Driven Search --; Section 5. Contextual and Specialized Analysis -- 21. Using Action-Object Pairs as a Conceptual Framework for Transaction Log Analysis -- 22. Analysis and Evaluation of the Connector Website -- 23. Information Extraction from Blogs -- 24. Nethnography: A Naturalistic Approach Towards Online Interaction -- 25. Web Log Analysis: Diversity of Research Methodologies -- Glossary -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print N2 - "This book reflects on the multifaceted themes of Web use and presents various approaches to log analysis"--Provided by publisher UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-974-8 ER -