Introduction to Web Observatory webinar video

By ibrown 6th November 2014 6th November 2014

A short non-technical talk by Ian Brown from the Web Science Trust introduces the growth in size and complexity of the Web and the need to observe and understand these changes through the use of a tool known as Web Observatory

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