Quantifying quality of WEB site based on usability

Information dissemination is taking place extensively through WEB and use of internet. The quality and reliability of the information hosted on the WEB is questionable. Many factors are to be considered for assessing the quality of the WEB sites. The Information hosted on the WEB would become valuable only when top quality of the same is maintained. Each quality factor can have many dimensions. There should be a mechanism of computing the quality of a web site quantitatively so that quality of a web site can be realistically measured. Any subjective or objective way of measuring quality is questionable and can be prejudiced at times. Every factor as such must be measured the entire quality of a web site must be measured considering all the factors. One can develop a norm for quality of a factor and any deviation from the norm needs to be rectified and controlled.Among other factors quality of the content hosted on the WEB plays vital role. In this paper the computational method which can be used for computing the quality of a web site is presented considering all the dimensions of content related quality factor.

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Structure based assessment of quality of WEB sites

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i2.7.11441 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2.7) ◽

pp. 980 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V Sai Virajitha ◽

Dr JKR Sastry ◽

Dr V Chandra Prakash ◽

P Srija ◽

M Varun

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Web Sites ◽

Web Site ◽

Information Dissemination ◽

Vital Role ◽

Complex Process ◽

Indirect Relationship ◽

Process Structure ◽

The Web

WEB sites are playing very vital role in information dissemination. Most of the businesses are using their WEB sites to promote market and conduct business. The quality of the WEB sites has indirect relationship with quantum of business conduct by the industrial establishments. Quality of a web site is based on number of characteristics; computation of the same in quantitative terms is a complex process. Structure of a WEB site plays a vital role in hosting the content in most comprehensive manner.In this paper the subjecting of the WEB to data mining and determining the structures contained in the WEB site is presented. The structures are evaluated to find the quality of the same individually and also combined considering all the structures that are mined. A method is presented in this paper using which the quality of a web site is computed considering the structure of the WEB site alone.

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Multilingual Web Sites in Global Electronic Commerce

Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government, and Mobile Commerce ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-799-7.ch132 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 823-828

Author(s):

Shaoyi He

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Web Sites ◽

Web Site ◽

The Internet ◽

Web Content ◽

Fortune 500 Companies ◽

National Boundaries ◽

The Many ◽

Content Design ◽

The Web

The World Wide Web (the Web), a distributed hypermedia information system that provides global access to the Internet, has been most widely used for exchanging information, providing services, and doing business across national boundaries. It is difficult to find out exactly when the first multilingual Web site was up and running on the Internet, but as early as January 1, 1993, EuroNews, the first multilingual Web site in Europe, was launched to simultaneously cover world news from a European perspective in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. (EuroNews, 2005). In North America, Web site multilinguality has become an important aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) as more and more Fortune 500 companies rely on the Internet and the Web to reach out to millions of customers and clients. Having a successful multilingual Web site goes beyond just translating the original Web content into different languages for different locales. Besides the language issue, there are other important issues involved in Web site multilinguality: culture, technology, content, design, accessibility, usability, and management (Bingi, Mir, & Khamalah, 2000; Dempsey, 1999; Hillier, 2003; Lindenberg, 2003; MacLeod, 2000). This article will briefly address the issues related to: (1) language that is one of the many elements conforming culture, (2) culture that greatly affects the functionality and communication of multilingual Web sites, and (3) technology that enables the multilingual support of e-commerce Web sites, focusing on the challenges and strategies of Web site multilinguality in global e-commerce.

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A Proposed Template for the Evaluation of Web Design Strategies

Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-100-1.ch014 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 293-317 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dimitrios Xanthidis ◽

David Nicholas ◽

Paris Argyrides

Keyword(s):

Web Sites ◽

Web Site ◽

Web Design ◽

International Literature ◽

Design Strategies ◽

The World ◽

The Subject ◽

Work Done ◽

The Web

This chapter is the result of a two years effort to design a template aiming at standardizing, as much as such a task is feasible, the evaluation of Web sites. It is the product of a few publications in international conferences and journals. A thorough review of the international literature on the subject led the authors to conclude there is a very large number of opinions, thoughts and criteria from different professionals involved, directly or indirectly, with the process of designing a good Web site. To make matters even more complicated there are a number of different terms used by various scholars, scientists and professionals around the world that often refer to similar, if not the same, attributes of a Web site. However, it seems that all these differences could boil down to a systematic approach, here called evaluation template, of 53 points that the design strategies of the Web sites should be checked against. This template was tested on a significant number (232) of Web sites of Greek companies and proved it can be used to evaluate the quality of Web sites not only by technology experts but by non-experts alike. The evaluation template, suggested here, is by no means the solution to the problem of standardizing the process of evaluating a Web site but looking at other work done on the subject worldwide it is a step ahead.

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A study on the relationships among information quality, system quality, knowledge sharing, and knowledge creation for travel web site users

10.31124/advance.13055369 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

YINGYUEH SU ◽

Yen-Ku Kuo ◽

Tsung-Hsien Kuo ◽

Kuo-Cheng Kuo

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Web Sites ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Web Site ◽

Information Quality ◽

Quality System ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

The Internet ◽

System Quality

<p>The COVID-19 crisis has an unprecedented impact on travel industry. Although Taiwan’s borders are still remain closed to non-essential international travel, travel web sites have become more important media for Taiwan residents to search for domestic travel activities. With the prevalence of the Internet and e-commerce nowadays, they are the rapidest and most efficient channels to look for information on the latest activities and travel security information. Information quality and system quality of travel web sites are extremely important bases since they decide users’ behavior of information exchange on the platforms. Since the Internet can immediately share information, consumers’ various knowledge sharing behaviors on sites can enhance knowledge creation. This study explores the correlations among information quality, system quality, knowledge sharing, and knowledge creation of travel web sites and treats consumers who have used travel web site services in Taiwan as subjects. It collects the data and analyzes hypotheses by structural equation modeling. The findings show that information quality and system quality of travel web sites positively and significantly influence knowledge sharing. Knowledge sharing shows positive and significant predictive power on knowledge creation. Considering about the coronavirus outbreak which has a significant impact on tourism industry, the conclusion provides suggestions for travel web site management and practice, which also can further serve as important strategies for continuous updating of travel web sites.</p>

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Multilingual Web Sites in Global Electronic Commerce

Electronic Commerce ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-943-4.ch096 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1187-1194

Author(s):

Shaoyi He

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Web Sites ◽

Web Site ◽

The Internet ◽

Web Content ◽

Fortune 500 Companies ◽

National Boundaries ◽

The Many ◽

Content Design ◽

The Web

The World Wide Web (the Web), a distributed hypermedia information system that provides global access to the Internet, has been most widely used for exchanging information, providing services, and doing business across national boundaries. It is difficult to find out exactly when the first multilingual Web site was up and running on the Internet, but as early as January 1, 1993, EuroNews, the first multilingual Web site in Europe, was launched to simultaneously cover world news from a European perspective in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. (EuroNews, 2005). In North America, Web site multilinguality has become an important aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) as more and more Fortune 500 companies rely on the Internet and the Web to reach out to millions of customers and clients. Having a successful multilingual Web site goes beyond just translating the original Web content into different languages for different locales. Besides the language issue, there are other important issues involved in Web site multilinguality: culture, technology, content, design, accessibility, usability, and management (Bingi, Mir, & Khamalah, 2000; Dempsey, 1999; Hillier, 2003; Lindenberg, 2003; MacLeod, 2000). This article will briefly address the issues related to: (1) language that is one of the many elements conforming culture, (2) culture that greatly affects the functionality and communication of multilingual Web sites, and (3) technology that enables the multilingual support of e-commerce Web sites, focusing on the challenges and strategies of Web site multilinguality in global e-commerce.

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Satisfaction, Frustration, and Delight

Internet Marketing Research ◽

10.4018/978-1-878289-97-1.ch013 ◽

2001 ◽

pp. 231-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jennifer Edson Escalas ◽

Kapil Jain ◽

Judi E. Strebel

Keyword(s):

Web Sites ◽

Web Site ◽

Internet Technology ◽

Third Party ◽

The Internet ◽

Research Project ◽

The Individual ◽

Site Internet ◽

The Web

This research project develops a framework for understanding how consumers interact with Web sites on the Internet. Our goal is to understand the interaction of individuals and Web sites from the perspective of the marketer, or third-party, who has created the site. Internet technology enables marketers to customize their interaction with consumers in order to better meet consumer needs. We are interested in whether and how this works. Our framework builds on four interdependent elements: first, the individual Internet user’s mindset as he/she enters a particular Web site, which includes, importantly, the user’s expectations; second, the Web site itself (consisting of four components: structure, content, connectivity, and malleability); third, the individual/Web site interaction; and fourth, the user’s evaluation of the Web site, which affects behavior.

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Valuation and analysis of drug addiction web sites / Criterios de valoración y análisis de sitios web sobre drogodependencias

Health and Addictions/Salud y Drogas ◽

10.21134/haaj.v4i1.138 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

David Carabantes Alarcón ◽

Carmen García Carrión ◽

Juan Vicente Beneit Montesinos

Keyword(s):

Drug Addiction ◽

Web Sites ◽

Drug Dependence ◽

Web Site ◽

Point Of View ◽

Web Pages ◽

Web Page ◽

Specific System ◽

The Web

La calidad en Internet tiene un gran valor, y más aún cuando se trata de una página web sobre salud como es un recurso sobre drogodependencias. El presente artículo recoge los estimadores y sistemas más destacados sobre calidad web para el desarrollo de un sistema específico de valoración de la calidad de recursos web sobre drogodependencias. Se ha realizado una prueba de viabilidad mediante el análisis de las principales páginas web sobre este tema (n=60), recogiendo la valoración, desde el punto de vista del usuario, de la calidad de los recursos. Se han detectado aspectos de mejora en cuanto a la exactitud y fiabilidad de la información, autoría, y desarrollo de descripciones y valoraciones de los enlaces externos. AbstractThe quality in Internet has a great value, and still more when is a web page on health like a resource of drug dependence. This paper contains the estimators and systems on quality in the web for the development of a specific system to value the quality of a web site about drug dependence. A test of viability by means of the analysis of the main web pages has been made on this subject, gathering the valuation from the point of view of the user of the quality of the resources. Aspects of improvement as the exactitude and reliability of the information, responsibility, and development of descriptions and valuations of the external links have been detected.

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A study on the relationships among information quality, system quality, knowledge sharing, and knowledge creation for travel web site users

10.31124/advance.13055369.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

YINGYUEH SU ◽

Yen-Ku Kuo ◽

Tsung-Hsien Kuo ◽

Kuo-Cheng Kuo

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Web Sites ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Web Site ◽

Information Quality ◽

Quality System ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

The Internet ◽

System Quality

<p>The COVID-19 crisis has an unprecedented impact on travel industry. Although Taiwan’s borders are still remain closed to non-essential international travel, travel web sites have become more important media for Taiwan residents to search for domestic travel activities. With the prevalence of the Internet and e-commerce nowadays, they are the rapidest and most efficient channels to look for information on the latest activities and travel security information. Information quality and system quality of travel web sites are extremely important bases since they decide users’ behavior of information exchange on the platforms. Since the Internet can immediately share information, consumers’ various knowledge sharing behaviors on sites can enhance knowledge creation. This study explores the correlations among information quality, system quality, knowledge sharing, and knowledge creation of travel web sites and treats consumers who have used travel web site services in Taiwan as subjects. It collects the data and analyzes hypotheses by structural equation modeling. The findings show that information quality and system quality of travel web sites positively and significantly influence knowledge sharing. Knowledge sharing shows positive and significant predictive power on knowledge creation. Considering about the coronavirus outbreak which has a significant impact on tourism industry, the conclusion provides suggestions for travel web site management and practice, which also can further serve as important strategies for continuous updating of travel web sites.</p>

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An Improved method for assessing quality of a WEB site based on completeness

Recent Patents on Computer Science ◽

10.2174/2213275912666190619115855 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

JKR Sastry ◽

K. Naga Prudhvi ◽

G Prem Rishi Kranth ◽

M. Chandra Pradeep ◽

B. Sai Lalith ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Web Sites ◽

Web Site ◽

Improved Method ◽

Quality Factors ◽

Specific Context ◽

Structure Quality ◽

Content Quality ◽

Navigation Structure ◽

The Web

Assessing quality of a web site is most important especially because people world over are dependent on the quality of the content hosted on the WEB site for various purposes. Every aspect that reflects the quality of the WEB site must be considered so that the WEB site is used by many relevant users and the content is straight away used for various purposes. The content is hosted on the WEB is accepted and used by the users without any doubt. Many factors are to be considered for assessing the quality of the WEB sites. There as many as 42 factors such as look and feel, ease of navigation, structure, quality of content, quality of mullti-media etc. that needs to be considered for assessing overall quality of a WEB site. “Completeness” is one such factor. Completeness is all about total availability of the data related to a specific context that the user is pursuing. An incomplete WEB site will be unused and eventually gets out of the ambit of search engines and also the users loose interest in such web sites. Every quality factor must be assessed independently by using a model and all the models of all the factors must be combined to reflect the overall quality of the WEB site. Every quality factors can be expressed in terms of some sub-factors, the quality of which must be individually computed and combined to arrive at quality value of the Factor. This paper is primarily focused on presenting a model using which the quality assessment of a web site can be made considering the factor called “Completeness” which is one of the factors that should be considered for computing the quality of the WEB sites. There can be much of the disconnected in the content hosted on the web site such as missing href, columns in the tables and forms. The more the disconnectedness in the content that is hosted on the WEB site, the less the quality, as the information hosted on the WEB site is incomplete and less connected.

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