Web Pages of ICMR Institutes Websites: A Webometric Analysis

*R. Jeyshankar¹, I. Maria Sujitha² and A. Valarmathi³

¹Department of Library and Information Science, Alagappa UniversityKaraikudi – 630 003, ²Department of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi – 630 003, Tamil Nadu.,³Department of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi – 630 003, Tamil Nadu.

*Corresponding Author E-mail: jeyshankar@alagappauniversity.ac.in

Accepted 22 August, 2012

Abstract

The website of an institution can be used for many purposes, enable the users to get more information and idea of the particular institution or company.  Webometrics is the research of network-based communication using informetrics or other quantitative measures. As a study, the ICMR institutes in India have been taken and their link structure has been analyzed. Moreover this study concentrates on the Classification of Websites by webpage size, WAVE Web AIM Accessibility Error, Various Search Engine performances, the difference between pages in various time intervals and Number of rich files has been calculated. It also presents the Link – network diagram of ICMR institutes using Pajek Software.

Keywords: Webometrics, ICMR institutions, Classification of Websites by webpage size, WAVE Web AIM Accessibility Error, Number of rich files was calculated, Link – network diagram.