Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Abstract
The present study is an analysis of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) listed top 20 college website under the college category on NIRF websites with special reference to library web pages in the year 2021. A total of top 20 NIRF listed college website selected for the study. The study focused on webometric analysis, which examines the domain, domain age and all three types of web impacts factors. To collect data in this study, various small SEO tools such as opensiteexplorer.org (now moz.com), duplichecker.com and smallseotools.com had used to find out domain age, domain authority, page authority and total, internal and external links and alexa global and India rank of college library websites covered in this study. Findings revealed that the Loyola College website having the oldest domain registered on October 24, 1997, and the common highest Domain Authority score of 60 was achieved by Kirorimal College Delhi and Acharya Narendra Dev College New Delhi with the first position among all colleges. Among the top 20 colleges websites,
St. Stephens College Delhi achieved the highest page authority score of 34. It was also found that 12 colleges from Delhi state achieved a place in NIRF ranked top 20 colleges of India.