Webometrics
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The science of webometrics (also cybermetrics, web metrics) tries to measure the Internet to get knowledge about number and types of hyperlinks, structure of the World Wide Web and usage patterns.
Similar sciences are Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Web Mining.
See also: Graph theory, Search engine, Network Mapping
Bibliography
- Mike Thelwall, Liwen Vaughan, Lennart Björneborn: Webometrics (http://www.db.dk/lb/2003preprint_ARIST.doc). In: ARIST 39, 2005 (preprint)