%0 Journal Article %1 Adar:2004p587 %A Adar, Eytan %A Zhang, Li %A Adamic, Lada A %A Lukose, Rajan M. %D 2004 %J Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem, 13th International World Wide Web Conference %K imported %T Implicit Structure and the Dynamics of Blogspace %U http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/blogs/blogspace-draft.pdf %X Weblogs link together in a complex structure through which new ideas and discourse can flow. Such a structure is ideal for the study of the propagation of information. In this paper we describe general categories of information epidemics and create a tool to infer and visualize the paths specific infections take through the network. This inference is based in part on a novel utilization of data describing historical, repeating patterns of infection. We conclude with a description of a new ranking algorithm, iRank, for blogs. In contrast to traditional ranking strategies, iRank acts on the implicit link structure to find those blogs that initiate these epidemics.

@article{Adar:2004p587, abstract = {Weblogs link together in a complex structure through which new ideas and discourse can flow. Such a structure is ideal for the study of the propagation of information. In this paper we describe general categories of information epidemics and create a tool to infer and visualize the paths specific infections take through the network. This inference is based in part on a novel utilization of data describing historical, repeating patterns of infection. We conclude with a description of a new ranking algorithm, iRank, for blogs. In contrast to traditional ranking strategies, iRank acts on the implicit link structure to find those blogs that initiate these epidemics.}, added-at = {2008-03-13T16:33:57.000+0100}, affiliation = {HP Labs}, author = {Adar, Eytan and Zhang, Li and Adamic, Lada A and Lukose, Rajan M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2efef24a4a8ecb976beb2e4ffc331dc60/bertil.hatt}, date-added = {2007-06-25 04:32:58 +0200}, date-modified = {2008-03-13 13:59:03 +0100}, description = {March 2008}, interhash = {21f4b67a233a6772803f124af3ad9b9a}, intrahash = {efef24a4a8ecb976beb2e4ffc331dc60}, journal = {Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem, 13th International World Wide Web Conference}, keywords = {imported}, rating = {3}, read = {Yes}, timestamp = {2008-03-13T16:34:41.000+0100}, title = {Implicit Structure and the Dynamics of Blogspace}, uri = {papers://C3B117CD-23C4-4854-9426-AC96AFB113DA/Paper/p587}, url = {http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/blogs/blogspace-draft.pdf}, year = 2004 }