The effect of informative, intriguing, and generic hyperlink wording on Web browsing behavior

Proceedings/STC, Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference

Volumn 51, Issue , 2004, Pages 313-317

  Evans, Mary B ^a   Wei, Carolyn ^a   Eliot, Matt ^a   Barrick, Jen ^a   Maust, Brandon ^a   Spyridakis, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHICS; GENERIC HYPERLINK WORDING; NAVIGATIONAL SIGNALS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HTML; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; WEBSITES;

WEB BROWSERS;

EID: 5044244386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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