Data mining is the process by using certain algorithms, software
and tools to retrieve, collect, analyze and report information
(known as predictive analysis) from a large pool of data. Data
mining is very useful today in which information is widely
available. Information obtained from data mining is used for
several applications for decision making related to direct
marketing, e-commerce, customer relationship management, health,
oil and gas industry, scientific tests, genetics,
telecommunications, financial services and utilities. Web data
mining is the automated process of extracting data from the
World Wide Web. Internet has extensive data on everything that
can be used effectively to make intelligent decisions. However,
taking and sorting through large databases is a daunting task.
Therefore, there are certain data mining tools that help to make
this easier. Tools can select relevant data and interpret it as
needed. There are many types of Web data mining: mining
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