Quantitative assessment of European municipal web sites: Development and use of an evaluation tool

作者: R. Miranda , F.J. , Sanguino , T.M. Bañegil

DOI: 10.1108/10662240910981380

关键词: The InternetNavigabilityWorld Wide WebQuality (business)Local governmentWork (electrical)Web standardsUsabilityTest (assessment)Computer science

摘要: Purpose – The internet is becoming increasingly important in the communication between local governments and citizens, which makes usability of municipal web sites a critical factor government‐citizen communication. purpose this paper to propose test model for evaluating potential sites.Design/methodology/approach In work an objective investigation issue has been conducted by manually accessing 84 European sites. Quality home pages was determined using original Web Assessment Index, focuses on four categories: accessibility, speed, navigability content.Findings A detailed report results arising from presented systematically analyzed.Originality/value most valuable output not ability identify best sites, but see how each site compared related spot ideas practices that can improve city Thes...

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