Automatic classification of web pages into bookmark categories

Abstract

We describe a technique to automatically classify a web page into an existing bookmark category whenever a user decides to bookmark a page. HyperBK compares a bag-of-words representation of the page to descriptions of categories in the user’s bookmark file. Unlike default web browser dialogs in which the user may be presented with the category into which he or she saved the last bookmarked file, HyperBK also offers the category most similar to the page being bookmarked. The user can opt to save the page to the last category used; create a new category; or save the page elsewhere. In an evaluation, the user’s preferred category was offered on average 67% of the time.