Errata

     

    Google's PageRank and Beyond

    The Science of Search Engine Rankings


    THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BOOK

    • Replace all references to "Teoma" with "Ask.com."
      While this book was in press, the search engine "Teoma" was purchased by the company "Ask Jeeves," which subsequently became "Ask.com."
    • "MATLAB" should be all caps
    • "M-file" should be with uppercase M
    • Replace   "\hbox{PageRank}"   with   "PageRank"

    Page 9

    Line 20: Replace "Bigger still," with "Moreover,"

    Page 22

    Line -8: Replace   "...an content score..."   with   "...a content score..."

    Page 29

    • Lines 7 &8 in the box: Change   "link: http://www4.ncsu.edu:8030/~anlangvi"   to   "link: http://pagerankandbeyond.com/"
    • Lines 9 in the box: Change   "inlinks to Amy's homepage."   to   "inlinks to this book's homepage."

    Page 42

    MATLAB code: Replace   "\hbox{PageRank}"   with   "PageRank"   in seven places

    Page 49

    Line 5: Repair bad line break

    Page 50

    Line 13: Change "Americans" to "Independent people"

    Page 52

    MATLAB code: Replace   "\hbox{PageRank}"   with   "PageRank"   in six places

    Page 58

    Line -13: Change "is been" to "has been"

    Page 68

    Line -8: Insert the word   "and"   between the two equations   Y(α) = (I - S)(I - αS)-2       Z(α) = (I - S)#(I - αS)2

    Page 76

    Line -6: Change   xT   to   π(k)T

    Page 85

    Lines 2 & 3: Delete the sentence   "The modifications are shown with dashes."

    Page 112

    Line -4: Change "1KB" to "1GB"

    Page 116

    Figure 11.1: Reverse one of the arrows between nodes 1 and 2 in the graph.

    Page 149-151

    Chapter 14: Some links are transient and may be out of date. Click here to see more recent links for datasets, code, and additional resources.

    Page 153

    Line -12: Change "...concepts of arise..."   to   "...concepts arise..."   (i.e., delete "of")

    Page 154

    Line -13: Change   1xn   to   1xm

    Page 155

    Line 12: Replace the sentence "The situation can summarize the situation as follows."   with   "Summarize the situation as follows."

    Page 161

    Line 2: Delete the extraneous   "with"

    Page 166

    Line -15: Change "view"   to   "viewed", as in "...vector can be viewed as..."

    Page 169

    • Line -8 (not counting figure 15.1): Change   "left-hand"   to   "right-hand".
    • Line -12: Change   "right-hand"   to   "left-hand".

    Page 187

    Line -10: Insert the word   "and"   as shown here. The display should be   A11 - A12A22-1A21   and   A22 - A21A11-1A12

    Page 216

    Line 4, reference [140]: The correct authors are M. Adler and M. Mitzenmacher