Weitzman Exploring the Web with Reconnaissance Agents

C A R EN R O SE N B LA TT Every click on a link is a leap of faith. When you click on the blue underlined text or on a picture on a Web page, there is always a (sometimes much too long) moment of suspense when you are waiting for the page to load. Until you actually see what is behind the link, you don’t know whether it will lead to the reward of another interesting page, to the disappointment of a junk page, or worse, to a “404 Not Found” error message. But what if you had an assistant always looking ahead for you—clicking on the Web links and Why surf alone? New agent technology can scout out the online terrain and recommend the best paths for you to follow.