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Yu, Byeong-Min; Han, Sungwook – 2001
Effective navigation is becoming more and more critical to the success of electronic commerce (E-commerce). It remains a challenge for educational technologists and Web designers to develop Web systems that can help customers find products or services without experiencing disorientation problems and cognitive overload. Many E-commerce Web sites…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Navigation
Tang, Rong – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Investigates the design differences between Chinese and English language versions of Web sites based on evidence gathered from Chinese academic Web sites. Through surveying and interviewing university Webmasters from Mainland China and Taiwan, this study seeks to gain real-life insights into the design environment of multilingual Web development.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, English
Chu, Heting; Rosenthal, Marilyn – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Three Web search engines--Alta Vista, Excite, and Lycos--were compared and evaluated in terms of their search capabilities and retrieval performances using sample queries drawn from real reference questions. Findings indicated Alta Vista outperformed Excite and Lycos in both search facilities and retrieval performance, although Lycos had the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval

Ingwersen, Peter – Journal of Documentation, 1998
Reports the feasibility and reliability of calculating impact factors for Web sites, called Web Impact Factors. Analyzes seven small/medium scale national Web sites, four large Web domains, and six institutional Web sites over a series of snapshots taken of the Web during a month. Describes data isolation and calculation methods and discusses…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer System Design, Data Analysis
Radhakrishnan, Senthil; Bailey, James E. – 1997
This paper addresses issues and cost benefits of World Wide Web-based education systems. It presents the results of an effort to identify problems that arise when considering this media and suggests conceptual solutions to some of these problems. To evaluate these solutions, a prototype system was built and tested in an engineering classroom; the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design