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Why are Websites co-linked? The case of Canadian universities

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  • Liwen Vaughan

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Margaret E. I. Kipp

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Yijun Gao

    (University of Western Ontario)

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This study examined why Websites were co-linked using Canadian university Websites as the test set. Pages that co-linked to these university Websites were located using Yahool. A random sample of 859 co-linking pages (the page that initiated the co-link) was retrieved and the contents of the page, as well as the context of the link, were manually examined to record the following variables: language, country, type of Website, and the reasons for co-linking. The study found that in over 94% of cases, the two co-linked universities were related academically; many of these cases (38%) showed a relationship specifically in teaching or research. This confirms results, from previous quantitative studies, that Web co-links can be a measure of the similarity or relatedness of sites being co-linked and that Web co-link analysis can thus be used to study relationships among linked Websites.

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  • Liwen Vaughan & Margaret E. I. Kipp & Yijun Gao, 2007. "Why are Websites co-linked? The case of Canadian universities," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 72(1), pages 81-92, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:72:y:2007:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-007-1707-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1707-y
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