Assessment of Shrines Websites through Webometrics Indicators

Ebrahimi, Fezzeh; Cheshmeh Sohrabi, Mozafar; Eslammanesh, Mahdieh

doi:10.22034/farzv.2019.87185

Assessment of Shrines Websites through Webometrics Indicators

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Fezzeh Ebrahimi ¹

Mozafar Cheshmeh Sohrabi ²

Mahdieh Eslammanesh ³

¹ PhD Std, Department of Knowledge and Information Science, University of Isfahan, Iran

² PhD, associate professor, Department of Knowledge and Information , University of Isfahan, Iran

³ MSc, Department of Knowledge and Information , Payam-e Noor University of Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/farzv.2019.87185

Abstract

Attempt is made here to assess the North, Razavi and South Khorasan and Yazd provinces' shrines websites through of Rank performance, Loading time, Page size, Total sites linking in, Daily Page views per Visitor, the attractiveness of the site and the site's ranking in Google. The adopted study method is evaluative. Here, 15 websites of the above locations are selected. To analyze the data, the descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage and mean) and Web survey method are adopted. The findings reveal that the website of Hussein- ebn- Musa Alkazm Shrine has the highest volume of visitors and received links. According Ranking in the Google Web site indicators, Seyed Hamzeh shrine website in Kashmar ranks the top. The highest loading speed of the website belongs to Seyed Ahmad and Sayed Mahmoud shrine websites in Mehrdasht Abarkouh.

Keywords

Webometrics

Ranking

North Khorasan provinces' shrines

Razavi Khorasan provinces' shrines

South Khorasan provinces' shrines

Yazd provinces' shrines