University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln Winter 2-2019 Webometric Analysis of Deemed University Websites in India Jeyshankar -. Ramalingam - Dept. of Library and Information Science, Alagappa UNiversity, Tamil Nadu, India,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Ramalingam, Jeyshankar -. -, "Webometric Analysis of Deemed University Websites in India" (2019). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 2266. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/2266 Webometric Analysis of Deemed University Websites in India Dr. R. Jeyshankar Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630 003, India, Email:
[email protected] 0. Abstract This paper examines Webometric analysis the website of deemed universities in India. This study covered 125 deemed universities in India. The researcher identified and classified the four domains like State Universities, Central Universities, Deemed Universities and Private Universities. The researcher found that, out of 21 states, Tamil Nadu has a maximum of 28 (22.40%) universities, it is followed by Maharashtra 21(16.8%). The study calculated the Internal Link, External Link, back link and Size of the website. The study indicates that the numbers of backlinks are very low comparing to some of internal and external link. The researcher suggested that the websites of deemed universities need to attract more external links and impact factor by introducing novel and creative online sources and services and updates of news and research information. Keyword: Deemed university websites, university websites, website analysis, Link analysis, Internal Link; External Link Back Link, Web Impact Factor and size of websites.