WEB MAP TOOL

摘要

The present invention provides a method of mapping at least a part of one or more web sites having web objects and web links, whereby web objects and links are mapped as nodes and edges, respectively, in one or more web maps, each object being mapped to at least one corresponding node. The method allows a user to re-display selected items in a web map such that the items are distinguished from other items in the web map and are displayed in a clarified form. The present invention enables a web map to be de-cluttered. In one embodiment, all "similar" nodes are displayed on the same web map, wherein the similarity of any pair of nodes is a function of a directory distance and/or a link distance. The directory distance is a measure of separation between a pair of web objects corresponding to the pair of the nodes in a directory structure of the web site and a link distance is a measure of separation between a pair of web objects corresponding to the pair of nodes in a linking structure of the web site.