Comments on: Measuring impact on the web http://blog.webtastings.net/2008/02/05/measuring-impact-on-the-web/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: How to measure impact of blogs « http://blog.webtastings.net/2008/02/05/measuring-impact-on-the-web/#comment-118 How to measure impact of blogs « Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:40:03 +0000 http://webtastings.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-118 [...] and since weblogs are new social media, the standard impact measures, according to Peter Shelton of Web Tastings, are the [...] [...] and since weblogs are new social media, the standard impact measures, according to Peter Shelton of Web Tastings, are the [...]

]]> By: Pete Shelton http://blog.webtastings.net/2008/02/05/measuring-impact-on-the-web/#comment-21 Pete Shelton Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:01:28 +0000 http://webtastings.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-21 Two important points I failed to mention earlier and am glad Christian and Hugo brought them up: ratios and research areas. Obviously, when benchmarking the number of citations vis-a-vis the World Bank, for example, it makes much more sense to compare the number of citations per article than the number of overall citations since the Bank produces so much more material than IFPRI. Also, many website analysis reports compare links per page and the ratio of PDF documents to web content (as indicators of site quality and value, respectively) across peer organizations. Also, Hugo's point about differing publishing and citation behavior across disciplines is well documented, which is why ISI et al. generally breaks down their citation reports thusly. He also hints that the same should apply to the other indicators I mentioned. I think that they would be in any comprehensive website analysis, which should compare the organization's web presence with other organizational websites in their research area. Two important points I failed to mention earlier and am glad Christian and Hugo brought them up: ratios and research areas. Obviously, when benchmarking the number of citations vis-a-vis the World Bank, for example, it makes much more sense to compare the number of citations per article than the number of overall citations since the Bank produces so much more material than IFPRI. Also, many website analysis reports compare links per page and the ratio of PDF documents to web content (as indicators of site quality and value, respectively) across peer organizations.

Also, Hugo’s point about differing publishing and citation behavior across disciplines is well documented, which is why ISI et al. generally breaks down their citation reports thusly. He also hints that the same should apply to the other indicators I mentioned. I think that they would be in any comprehensive website analysis, which should compare the organization’s web presence with other organizational websites in their research area.

]]> By: Hugo Besemer http://blog.webtastings.net/2008/02/05/measuring-impact-on-the-web/#comment-19 Hugo Besemer Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:43:29 +0000 http://webtastings.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-19 There is always the caveat for traditional scientific citation analysis and the use impact factors for scientific journals that one should never compare across different subject domains, as publishing and citation behaviour is so different in different domains. I would think that the same is true for web impact measurements Hugo Besemer There is always the caveat for traditional scientific citation analysis and the use impact factors for scientific journals that one should never compare across different subject domains, as publishing and citation behaviour is so different in different domains. I would think that the same is true for web impact measurements

Hugo Besemer

]]> By: Metrics: What is the impact of social media on organizations? : crisscrossed blog http://blog.webtastings.net/2008/02/05/measuring-impact-on-the-web/#comment-17 Metrics: What is the impact of social media on organizations? : crisscrossed blog Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:25:45 +0000 http://webtastings.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-17 [...] easily extend them to the rest of the web. Pete Shelton makes some helpful suggestions of how to Measure the impact on the web or here is one for [...] [...] easily extend them to the rest of the web. Pete Shelton makes some helpful suggestions of how to Measure the impact on the web or here is one for [...]

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