The invention relates to the field of computer
data mining, especially relates to a method and device for acquiring a new chapter of a network novel. The method comprises the following steps: combining a plurality of chapter
list pages of the same topic name, and obtaining a
combined result page; judging the similarity between each chapter
list page and the
combined result page, determining the chapter
list page with the maximum similarity as a first original copy, and other chapter list pages as corresponding first duplicate copies; acquiring a first usual time of updating the first original copy, a second usual time of updating the first duplicate copies, and a usual
time difference between the first usual time and the second usual time; and responding to an external request of acquiring the chapter list pages, using time rule data represented by the first usual time, the second usual time and the usual
time difference to inquire the first original copy and the first duplicate copies, so as to acquire and feed back the chapter list pages. The method and device for acquiring the new chapter of the network novel provided by the invention can save network resources, feed the updated chapter list pages back to users and improve the user experience.