Webometric Analysis of Open Universities in India

Pal, Ashok, Sarkar, Arindam and Bhattacharya, Udayan Webometric Analysis of Open Universities in India. Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2019. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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The present study focuses on the Web Impact Factor (WIF)) of the Indian Open University websites. Among the selected Open Universities Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), Nashik holds the numero uno status in Simple and Internal-link WIFs with SWIF 0.2214 and IWIF 0.2092. In the case of External-link Web Impact Factor (EWIF) Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU), Kolkata holds the rank one position with EWIF of 9.9750. Among the websites, IGNOU holds the best global rank i.e. 4439 and it has the 2nd best Indian rank also i.e. 349. This Open University is followed by KSOU in the global ranking i.e. 4517. KSOU holds the best Indian rank i.e.270. IGNOU has the maximum number of backlinks i.e. 1265605. The website of KSOU having a domain authority of 59, ranks highest YCMOU ranks lowest by obtaining 29 out of a total of 100 points. In the case of page authority, the website of IGNOU ranks first with a page authority score of 59 followed by the UOU having score of 51. The least score (35) is obtained by the YCMOU in page authority.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Web impact factor, WIF, Search engine optimization, SEO, Popularity rank, Open Universities, Page authority, Domain authority
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information
L. Information technology and library technology
L. Information technology and library technology > LC. Internet, including WWW.
Depositing user: Dr. Ashok Pal
Date deposited: 17 Mar 2021 10:20
Last modified: 17 Mar 2021 10:20
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/41855

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