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This is the blog of the book Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Chapter 2: Web Impact Assessment

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Chapter 3: Link Analysis

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Chapter 4: Blog Searching

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Chapter 5: Automatic Search Engine Searches: LexiURL Searcher

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Chapter 6: Web Crawling: SocSciBot

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Chapter 7: Search Engines and Data Reliability

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Chapter 8: Tracking User Actions Online

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Chapter 9: Advanced Techniques

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Chapter 10: Summary and Future Directions

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