A review of methodologies for analyzing websites

Handbook of Research on Web Log Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-164

  Booth, Danielle ^a   Jansen, Bernard J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84900579866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-974-8.ch008     Document Type: Chapter

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