KDnuggets : Web Mining Course : Assignment 1

Web Mining Assignment

Find 2 news stories related to web mining or web analytics, and explain how the story is related to web usage mining and / or web content mining.

For example, on March 29, 2006, we saw a story entitled

Anti-spy group outlines cookie principles
The Web Analytics Association (WAA) has adopted an anti-spyware statement of principles to help differentiate honest web analytics vendors from deceptive spyware makers.
This story deals with un-ethical web usage mining practiced by spyware makers.
KDnuggets : Web Mining Course : Assignment 1