Are co-linked business web sites really related? A link classification study

Online Information Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440-450

  Vaughan, Liwen ^a   Kipp, Margaret ^a   Gao, Yijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business environment; Content management; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; CONTENT MANAGEMENT;

WEBSITES;

EID: 39649100822     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520710780403     Document Type: Article

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