This paper argues that metrics can be generated from search transactional web logs that can help evaluate search engine effectiveness. Search logs from the BBC website were analysed and metrics extracted. Two search metrics – the time lapse between searches and the number of searches in a session – were developed to see whether they could measure search success or satisfaction. In all, 4 millio...

This paper presents novel evaluation criteria which are used to evaluate the effectiveness of Virginia wineries websites in the following four different dimensions: (1) general features of a website; (2) wine tourism; (3) marketing; and (4) educational. A total of 182 wineries are analyzed by researchers and the Cohen’s Kappa was computed as an inter-reliability test among raters. Using a dicho...

Many governments the world over ratified the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to improve the general wellbeing of people (UNDP, 2010). These MDGs touch on health among other things. The sixth MDG seeks to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by year 2015. In tandem with this MDG, our study sought to develop and use an integrated mobile health system to curb malaria disease control. The ...

Incomplete patient adherence with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) limits the effectiveness of treatment and results in suboptimal obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) outcomes. An interactive website specifically designed for patients with OSA was designed and utilized in a randomized clinical trial to test its effect on increasing CPAP adherence. The goal of this paper is to report o...

Web usage mining is being used extensively for Web Personalization. Many algorithms and techniques have been proposed to predict the next user request. Most, however, are limited in terms of their ability to use concept hierarchy and connectivity of the website. Recent studies have shown that conceptual and structural characteristics of the website play an important role in the quality of the r...

V advisors often increase sales for those customers who find such online advice to be convenient and helpful. However, other customers take a more active role in their purchase decisions and prefer more detailed data. In general, we expect that websites are more preferred and increase sales if their characteristics (e.g., more detailed data) match customers’ cognitive styles (e.g., more analyti...

Website service quality has been considered to be important to increase users’ stickiness toward website in online shopping context. However, the underlying mechanism through which website service quality can influence shopping website stickiness remains unclear. In this study, the concept of website involvement was introduced to explain why people tend to favor sticking a shopping website. Als...

This manuscript constitutes a comprehensive investigation designed to evaluate the potentiality of Tilda platform’s instruments and functionalities for web development. The inquiry rigorously scrutinizes inherent features Tilda, incorporating, but not circumscribed to, its compatibility with prevalent technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, expansive template library, search engine optimiza...