Personalization Papers & Links

Data Mining for Web Intelligence (PDF)
Integrating Web Usage and Content Mining for More Eective Personalization (PDF)
WebData Mining (DePaul University)
AutomaticPersonalization Based on Web Usage Mining
Semantic WebPersonalization
Links& White Papers

Website Log Analyzers

AWStats | Comparison to the below Log analyzers
Analog
Webalizer

Web Log Analysis Tools
There are several free log analysis tools. AWStats seems to be the most popular open source tool, however, I'm not sure if it is as nice as some of the commercial products such as Omniture's SiteCatalyst.

Information Retrieval

This is a good reference book with commonly used information retrieval methods.

Personalized News and Blog Site

Here is new personalization website,
which is done quite well. It is called href="http://findory.com/">Findory. It is smart because no login
is required yet personalization occurs from the moment you visit
the site and begin clicking.



Geeking
with Greg is a blog that discusses personalization and
customization in web search and online news.