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For many, accessing files (documents in our context) from the web is a daily activity. The web has de facto become the “first place” to find information. For example, for many of the on-line community, Wikipedia is becoming the de facto first source of information, namely, the encyclopedia of choice. This reliance on web content, however, has introduced new problems for employers, namely, their employees are simply "browsing away” their time. To combat this perceived waste of time, some employers simply block access to the web for their employees. However, by blocking employee web access, the employers eliminate a valuable information resource, one that can potentially help employees accomplish their assigned activities.
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Goharian, N., Platt, A., Frieder, O. (2006). On Off-Topic Web Browsing. In: Mehrotra, S., Zeng, D.D., Chen, H., Thuraisingham, B., Wang, FY. (eds) Intelligence and Security Informatics. ISI 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3975. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11760146_73
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