Document (#22061)

Author

Bucy, E.P.
Lang, A.
Potter, R.F.
Grabe, M.E.

Title

Formal features of cyberspace : relationships between Web page complexity and site traffic

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 50(1999) no.13, S.1246-1256

Year

1999

Abstract

Although the Internet is not without its critics, many popular and academic writers are particular effusive in the praise of the WWW's interactive features. A content analysis of the formal features of 496 Web sites, drawn randomly from a sample of the top 5.000 most visited sites determined by 100hot.com, was performed to explore whether the capabilities of the WWW are being exploited by Web page designers to the extent that the literature suggests they are. Specifically, the study examines the differences between the formal features of commercial versus non-commercial sites as well as the relationship between Web page complexity and the amount of traffic a site receives. Findings indicate that, although most pages in this stage of the Web's development remain technological simple and noninteractive, there are significant relationships between site traffic and home-page structure for Web sites in the commercial (.com) as well as educational (.edu) domains. As the Web continues to expand and the amount of information redundancy increases, it is argued that a site's information packaging will become increasingly important in gaining users' attention and interest

Theme

Informetrie
Internet

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