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Webometric Analysis of Websites of Indian Universities’ with Status of Potential for Excellence (UPE)


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Websites are the gateway of information for institutions and play an important role in dissemination of information. The present study is an attempt to examine and analyze the websites of Indian universities with status of potential for excellence on the basis of established webometric criteria i.e. number of web pages, link pages, domain authority, equity passing links, individual domain authority and web impact factor.

Keywords

Indian Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE), Link Analysis, Web Impact Factor, Webometrics, Websites.
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Manoj Kumar Verma
Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl (Mizoram)
India

Krishna Brahma
Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl (Mizoram)
India


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Authors

Manoj Kumar Verma
Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl (Mizoram), India
Krishna Brahma
Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl (Mizoram), India

Abstract


Websites are the gateway of information for institutions and play an important role in dissemination of information. The present study is an attempt to examine and analyze the websites of Indian universities with status of potential for excellence on the basis of established webometric criteria i.e. number of web pages, link pages, domain authority, equity passing links, individual domain authority and web impact factor.

Keywords


Indian Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE), Link Analysis, Web Impact Factor, Webometrics, Websites.

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