Link information extracting apparatus, link information extracting method, and recording medium

1. A link information extracting apparatus comprising:

a storage unit which stores a first URL classified into a particular type;

a take-in unit which takes in a plurality of pieces of electronic information;

a classifier unit which classifies each piece of electronic information taken in by said take-in unit into first electronic information which describes the first URL in said storage unit and or into second electronic information which does not describe the first URL;

a generator unit which generates a third URL based on a second URL when the first electronic information describes the second URL that is different from the first URL; and

an output unit which generates possibility information indicative of a possibility that the third URL is classified into a into said particular type, based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information, and outputs the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, wherein:

when a slash exists in the second URL, said generator unit generates URLs that are used as third URLs, said URLs comprising a URL, which is the same as the second URL, and comprising a URL that is created by deleting a portion which follows the slash from the second URL,

said output unit generates the possibility information for each of the third URLs based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information, and outputs the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, and

when the third URLs include a particular URL which has possibility information indicative of a possibility higher than another third URL and which belongs to the other third URL, said output unit deletes the other third URL.

2. The link information extracting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said particular type is a type to which a URL described in a spam blog belongs.

3. The link information extracting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

when a plurality of slashes exist in the second URL, said generator unit generates a plurality of URLs that are used as third URLs, said plurality of URLs comprising a URL, which is the same as the second URL, and comprising URLs that are created by deleting a portion which follows each of the slashes from the second URL.

4. The link information extracting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said output unit includes a memory unit for storing fourth link information which is not classified into a particular type, and deletes the third link information when the third link information is the fourth link information.

5. The link information extracting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

when said possibility information associated with the third link information indicates a possibility which exceeds a previously set value, said output unit additionally stores the third link information in said storage unit as a new piece of the first link information.

6. The link information extracting apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:

when the third link information is additionally stored in said storage unit as the new first link information, said classifier unit re-classifies fifth electronic information which describes the new first link information, among the second electronic information, into the first electronic information, and outputs a list showing the first electronic information.

7. The link information extracting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said take-in unit communicates with a storage device for storing a plurality of pieces of electronic information, and takes in the plurality of pieces of electronic information by acquiring the plurality of pieces of electronic information from said storage device.

8. A link information extracting apparatus comprising:

storing means for storing a first URL classified into a particular type;

take-in means for taking in a plurality of pieces of electronic information;

classifying means for classifying each piece of the electronic information taken in by said take-in means into first electronic information which describes the first URL in said storing means or into second electronic information which does not describe the first URL;

generating means for generating a third URL based on a second URL when the first electronic information describes the second URL that is different from the first URL; and

outputting means for generating possibility information indicative of a possibility that the third URL is classified into said particular type, based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information, and outputting the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, wherein:

when a slash exists in the second URL, said generator means generates URLs that are used as third URLs, said URLs comprising a URL, which is the same as the second URL and comprising a URL that is created by deleting a portion which follows the slash from the second URL,

said outputting means generates the possibility information for each of the third URLs based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information, and outputs the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, and

when the third URLs include a particular URL which has possibility information indicative of a possibility higher than another third URL and which belongs to the other third URL, said outputting means deletes the other third URL.

9. A link information extracting method performed by a link information extracting apparatus, comprising:

storing a first URL classified into a particular type in a storage unit;

taking in a plurality of pieces of electronic information;

classifying each piece of the taken-in electronic information into first electronic information which describes the first URL in said storage unit or into second electronic information which does not describe the first URL;

generating a third URL based on a second URL when the first electronic information describes the second URL that is different from the first URL; and

generating possibility information indicative of a possibility that the third URL is classified into said particular type, based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information, and outputting the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, wherein:

when a slash exists in the second URL, said generating the third URL includes generating URLs that are used as third URLs, said URLs comprising a URL, which is the same as the second URL, and comprising a URL that is created by deleting a portion which follows the slash from the second URL, and

said generating the possibility information includes:

generating the possibility information for each of the third URLs based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information,

outputting the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, and

when the third URLs include a particular URL which has possibility information indicative of a possibility higher than another third URL and which belongs to the other third URL, deleting the other third URL.

10. The link information extracting method according to claim 9 , wherein said particular type is a type to which a URL described in a spam blog belongs.

11. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon for causing a computer to execute:

a storing procedure for storing a first URL classified into a particular type in a storage unit;

a take-in procedure for taking in a plurality of pieces of electronic information;

a classifying procedure for classifying each piece of the taken-in electronic information into first electronic information which describes the first URL in said storage unit or into second electronic information which does not describe the first URL;

a generating procedure for generating a third URL based on a second URL when the first electronic information describes the second URL that is different from the first URL; and

an outputting procedure for generating possibility information indicative of a possibility that the third URL is classified into said particular type, based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information, and outputting the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, wherein:

when a slash exists in the second URL, said generating procedure includes generating URLs that are used as third URLs, said URLs comprising a URL, which is the same as the second URL and comprising a URL that is created by deleting a portion which follows the slash from the second URL, and

said outputting procedure includes:

generating the possibility information for each of the third URLs based on the third URL and based on at least one from among the first electronic information and the second electronic information,

outputting the possibility information and the third URL in association with each other, and

when the third URLs include a particular URL which has possibility information indicative of a possibility higher than another third URL and which belongs to the other third URL, deleting the other third URL.

12. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein:

said particular type is a type to which a URL, which is described in a spam blog, belongs.