Framework for Ranking of Web Forum Users

Web is used as a tool for presenting ideas, information and knowledge. Various users are a part of this web, if they be simple uses, influential users or non-influential users. There are a number of users on the web but a few users amongst these incorporate a relationship of faith and trust with the other users on the web. These users have a unique way in their activities and the quality of their comments and in this way they attract the other users on the web. Due to this uniqueness these users receive a special and significant attention amongst the many other users on the web. Such users play a dominating role in the community. Best example of this is a Blog, where an influential user leads and the others follow. By identifying such influential users we can measure the impact they have on the other users, the community, the neighbourhood as a whole. This paper presents a survey of various tools, algorithms, methods used and the different techniques applied to identify and rank the web forum users. Basically, Page Rank algorithm is used which gives a better and quick result followed by other techniques like User Rank and greedy algorithms. Keywords- web mining, influential users, blogs, PageRank