چکیده:
This study aimed to evaluate Persian Search Engines based on the criteria
obtained from Alexa databank using correspondence analysis. Through
searching the web, 23 search engines were found, which due to their cease and
no coverage by Alexa, this number was reduced to 16. Data analysis revealed
that Ghatreh Search Engine occupied a high rank in most of attributes like traffic
rank, time spent on site and number of pages viewed per user. Iranmania Search
Engine attained the largest number of links among other search engines.
Jostejoogar Search Engine attracted the largest number of foreign users whilst
Begardim Search Engine had no foreign users. Correspondence analysis
classified the 16 search engines into three groupings which were related on the
basis of certain attributes.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Data analysis revealed that Ghatreh Search Engine occupied a high rank in most of attributes like traffic rank, time spent on site and number of pages viewed per user.
The present study applies the correspondence analysis method to evaluate Persian Search Engines based on data obtained from Alexa Website.
1 Table 3 Grouping Criteria into Quani itaiive Data criteria, Grouping (Quantitative Data) , First divided by 1000 , below 250= 5 Traffic Rank, 250-500=4 500-750=3 , 750-1000=2 , More than 1000=1 Page views, Rounded off Time on site, Rounded off Links, First divided by 10 and then rounded off Iranian Users, First divided by 10 and then rounded off Foreign Users, First divided by 10 and then rounded off Table 4 Data obtained based on grouping Search engine, Traffic Rank, Average time on site (min/day), Sites linking in, Users from Iran ('fo), Users from overseas , Pageview /User webgah, 1, , 3, 7, 3, 3 jamasp, 5, 2, 23, 10, 0, 4 irpars, 5, 3, 8, 9, , 5 parseek, 5, 3, 59, 9, , 4 jostejoogar, 4, 7, 3, 5, 5, 6 today, 4, 3, 3, 9, , 3 rismoon, 5, 3, 11, 10, 0, 2 dahio, 5, 2, 90, 9, , 3 iranmehr, 5, 2, 10, 9, , 2 iranmania, 5, 3, 101, 9, 1, 3 persiangoogle, 1, 1, 1, 8, 2, 1 maibosearch, 5, 2, 26, 9, 1, 2 ghatreh, 5, 6, 29, 9, , 5 begardim, 1, , 1, 10, 0, 2 jasjoo, 5, 3, 4, 10, 0, 4 behjoo, 4, 2, 2, 6, 4, 1 Results and Discussion The first research question was: 1.