Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

Library Websites of Central Universities in India: A Webometric Analysis

1Professional Assistant, Central Library, Central University of Orissa, Koraput, Odisha, India

2Associate Professor, DLIS, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Agartala, Tripura, India, rkmahapatra@tripurauniv.in

*Corresponding author email id: rudranarayancuo@gmail.com

Online published on 7 March, 2019.

Abstract

The central university library websites of India and their web impact factor (WIF), website analysis, web links and ranking were investigated in this study. Data were collected by using search engines such as Google, Yahoo and search engine optimisation tools, such as Backlink Watch and SEOquake add-on for Firefox browser. The result of the study indicates that the majority of the central university library websites in India have a higher number of web pages, and the numbers of link pages are less. Suggestions are given to improve the WIF of the examined library websites.

Keywords

Central universities of India, Library websites, Webometric, Web impact factor, Webpage, Link analysis, Link domain