Algorithmic Aspects of Information Retrieval on the Web

Andrei Broder and Monika Henzinger

The Web explosion offers a bonanza of novel problems. In particular,
information retrieval in the Web context requires methods and ideas that
have not been addressed in the classic information retrieval literature.
This chapter will survey emerging techniques for information retrieval
in the Web context and discuss some of the pertinent open problems.

Keywords: Web, Internet, Information retrieval.