Linking to popular navigation paths in a network
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining that a particular navigation path comprising a sequential route through a particular sequence of a plurality of pages on a network is a popular navigation path relative to other navigation paths comprising other sequences of pages on the network, wherein;
the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path initiates from a navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, and includes a navigation path end page of the particular navigation path; and
said determining is based on comparing network traffic through the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path against network traffic through the other sequences of pages of the other navigation paths on the network; and
in response to said determining that the particular navigation path is a popular navigation path relative to the other navigation paths, automatically shortening the particular navigation path, wherein said shortening comprises;
updating, via a network resource interfaced with the network, the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, wherein said updating comprises adding to the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path an end page link referring to the navigation path end page of the particular navigation path.
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Abstract
A method for shortening popular navigation paths in a website comprises determining a popular navigation path through a network, identifying a start page and an end page of the popular navigation path, and updating the start page with a link referring to the end page, wherein the updating is performed by a network resource interfaced with the network.
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining that a particular navigation path comprising a sequential route through a particular sequence of a plurality of pages on a network is a popular navigation path relative to other navigation paths comprising other sequences of pages on the network, wherein; the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path initiates from a navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, and includes a navigation path end page of the particular navigation path; and said determining is based on comparing network traffic through the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path against network traffic through the other sequences of pages of the other navigation paths on the network; and in response to said determining that the particular navigation path is a popular navigation path relative to the other navigation paths, automatically shortening the particular navigation path, wherein said shortening comprises; updating, via a network resource interfaced with the network, the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, wherein said updating comprises adding to the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path an end page link referring to the navigation path end page of the particular navigation path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a machine-accessible non-transitory storage medium storing data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising; determining that a particular navigation path comprising a sequential route through a particular sequence of a plurality of pages on a network is a popular navigation path relative to other navigation paths comprising other sequences of pages on the network, wherein; the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path initiates from a navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, and includes a navigation path end page of the particular navigation path; and said determining is based on comparing network traffic through the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path against network traffic through the other sequences of pages of the other navigation paths on the network; and in response to said determining that the particular navigation path is a popular navigation path relative to the other navigation paths, automatically shortening the particular navigation path, wherein said shortening comprises; updating, via a network resource interfaced with the network, the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, wherein said updating comprises adding to the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path an end page link referring to the navigation path end page of the particular navigation path. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a hardware processor; a network interface; a memory storing program instructions for execution by the hardware processor to perform; collecting and aggregating data relating to pages a user visits in a network coupled to the network interface; processing the data to determine that a particular navigation path through a particular sequence of a plurality of pages on the network is a popular navigation path relative to other navigation paths comprising other sequences of pages on the network, wherein; the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path initiates from a navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, and includes a navigation path end page of the particular navigation path; and said processing is based on comparing network traffic through the particular sequence of pages of the particular navigation path against network traffic through the other sequences of pages of the other navigation paths on the network; and in response to said determining that the particular navigation path is a popular navigation path relative to the other navigation paths, automatically shortening the particular navigation path, wherein said shortening comprises; updating the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path, wherein said updating comprises adding to the navigation path start page of the particular navigation path an end page link referring to the navigation path end page of the particular navigation path. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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