1. Research and Methodological Foundations of Transaction Log Analysis --

Section 1. Web Log Analysis: Perspectives, Issues, and Directions -- 2. Historic Perspective of Log Analysis -- 3. Surveys as a Complementary Method for Web Log Analysis -- 4. Watching the Web: An Ontological and Epistemological Critique of Web-Traffic Measurement -- 5. Privacy Concerns for Web Logging Data --

Section 2. Methodology and Metrics -- 6. The Methodology of Search Log Analysis -- 7. Uses, Limitations, and Trends in Web Analytics -- 8. A Review of Methodologies for Analyzing Websites -- 9. The Unit of Analysis and the Validity of Web Log Data -- 10. Recommendations for Reporting Web Usage Studies --

Section 3. Behavior Analysis -- 11. From Analysis to Estimation of User Behavior -- 12. An Integrated Approach to Interaction Design and Log Analysis -- 13. Tips for Tracking Web Information Seeking Behavior -- 14. Identifying Users Stereotypes for Dynamic Web Pages Customization -- 15. Finding Meaning in Online, Very-Large Scale Conversations --

Section 4. Query Log Analysis -- 16. Machine Learning Approach to Search Query Classification -- 17. Topic Analysis and Identification of Queries -- 18. Query Log Analysis in Biomedicine -- 19. Processing and Analysis of Search Query Logs in Chinese -- 20. Query Log Analysis for Adaptive Dialogue-Driven Search --

Section 5. Contextual and Specialized Analysis -- 21. Using Action-Object Pairs as a Conceptual Framework for Transaction Log Analysis -- 22. Analysis and Evaluation of the Connector Website -- 23. Information Extraction from Blogs -- 24. Nethnography: A Naturalistic Approach Towards Online Interaction -- 25. Web Log Analysis: Diversity of Research Methodologies -- Glossary -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index.