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 study performed a webometric analysis of websites of 14 Open Universities in India. The study found that IGNOU has the maximum number of backlinks suggesting its capability to attract a remarkable number of visitors. 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.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Web impact factor, WIF, Search engine optimisation, SEO, Popularity rank, Open Universities, Page authority, Domain authority
Subjects: A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
I. Information treatment for information services > IB. Content analysis (A and I, class.)
Depositing user: Arindam Sarkar
Date deposited: 15 Dec 2021 10:05
Last modified: 15 Dec 2021 10:05
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/42663

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