The document analyzes and compares the websites of physical education and sports universities in India using various webometric tools. It summarizes the definitions of webometrics provided by different scholars. It then analyzes the websites of 4 key universities in India - Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education Gwalior, Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, and Rajasthan Sports University. Their rankings and other metrics like visits are obtained using the Cybermetrics Lab and SimilarWeb tools. The results show that Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education Gwalior ranked higher and had more visits than the other universities. This is attributed to it being the oldest and

1. A WEBOMETRICS ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
AND SPORTS UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA
By
N.Bakkiyaraj
Full Time Ph.D Research Scholar

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Introduction of Webometrics
 The science of webometrics (also cybermetrics) tries
to measuring aspects of the web (www).
 Measuring into web that, web sites, web pages,
hyperlinks, page loading speed,…
 Webometrics is a set of quantitative techniques for
tracking and evaluating the impact of web sites and
online ideas.

3. The term webometrics was first coined by Almind
and Ingwersen (1997).
According to Bjorneborn and Ingwersen (2004) define
webometrics as ‘the study of the quantitative aspects of
the construction and use of information resources,
structures and technologies on the web drawing
bibliometrics and informetric approaches’.
According to Thelwald (2009) webometrics is ‘the
study of web-based content with primarily quantitative
methods for social science research goals using
techniques that are not specific to one field of study.
Webometrics - Definition
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Srivastava and Kumar (2004) point out that
webometrics is a systematic evaluation and analysis of
all aspects of the web phenomena and can help us
understand how this medium works.
According to kalidasan (2017) webometrics
which is otherwise called as cybermetrics can
be simple define as a science that studies the
qualitative and quantitative assessment of
information on the world wide web.
Definition - Cond…

5. Statement of the problem
The objective of the paper was to
analysis the websites of Physical
Education and Sports Universities in
India quantitatively.
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6. Method and Materials
Comparison tools were using Cybermetrics Lab ranking
system and SimilarWeb Ltd software.
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similarweb.comwebometrics.info

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http://tnpesu.org/
1. Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports
University
3. The Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education,
Gwalior
http://www.lnipe.edu.in/default.html
2. Swarnim Gujarat Sports University
https://sgsu.gujarat.gov.in/
4. Rajasthan Sports University, Jhunjhunu

8. S.No. Name of the University Funding Website Domain
1.
Lakshmibai National Institute of
Physical Education, Gwalior
(Deemed University) Central www.lnipe.edu.in edu.in
2.
Tamil Nadu Physical Education
and Sports University, Chennai State www.tnpesu.org org
3.
Swarnim Gujarat Sports
University, Gandhinagar State sgsu.gujarat.gov.in gov.in
These three Universities do have three different
domain extensions as reflected from their URLs.
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9. Cybermetrics Lab ranking system
 University web presence, visibility and web
access.
 Published by the Cybermetrics Lab, SNRC
(CSIC) located in Madrid.
 2004,January and July.
 Ranking (as on 4th July 2017) at various
levels.
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10. S.NO University
World
Ranking
Asia
Ranking
India
Ranking
Criteria scores
Presence Impact Openness Excellence
1.
Lakshmibai National
Institute of Physical
Education, Gwalior
(Deemed University)
15624 6292 1067 15047 14823 8635 5778
2.
Tamil Nadu Physical
Education and Sports
University, Chennai
16365 6613 1186 20912 14369 8635 5778
Swarnim Gujarat Sports University website was Not listed in above
said rating.
Results - Cybermetrics Lab ranking system
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(as on 4th July 2017*)

11. SimilarWeb Ltd software
 SimilarWeb Ltd software provides wide range
of website analysis
 Last three months from August to October
2017
 Total number of visits and traffic share.
 Percentage of traffic share with desktop and
mobile.
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12. S.No University Total visits
Traffic share
Mobile Desktop
1.
Lakshmibai National Institute of
Physical Education, Gwalior (Deemed
University)
49203 24.41% 75.59%
2.
Tamil Nadu Physical Education and
Sports University, Chennai 33703 45.13% 54.87%
3.
Swarnim Gujarat Sports University,
Gandhinagar 9244 44.57% 55.43%
Results - SimilarWeb Ltd software
Total visits and Traffic share
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(Aug to Oct-2017*)

13. Discussion about results
 LNIPE web sites had better in ranking system.
 LNIPE had more number of total visits.
 Reason for LNIPE, oldest and central funded.
 LNIPE website being top.
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14. Conclusion
 Assessing the websites is essential step
for better progress towards excellence.
 Idea to each University to known their
strength, weakness and relative standing.
 LNIPE web sites had better ranking and
had more number of total visits.
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1. http://www.webometrics.info
•World Ranking
•Continental Ranking
•Country Rank
•India
•Asia
•Asia (Incl me)
•Asia (Excel me)
•South Asia
•Brics
•Eurasia
2. www.seotesteronline.com
•Plagiarism Checker
•Article Spinner / Rewriter
•Keyword Position Checker
•Grammar Checker
•Domain Authority Checker
•Google PR Checker
•Image Compression Tool
•Reverse Image Search
•Page Authority checker
•Spell Checker
•Backlink Checker
•Alexa Rank Checker
•Backlink Maker
•Domain Age Checker
•Website Ping Tool
•Website Seo Score Checker
•Keyword Density Checker
•Website Page Size Checker
•Google Cache Checker
•Mozrank Checker
3. pro.similarweb.com
•Rank
•Website audience
•Geography
•Marketing mix
•Top search term (organic)
4. https://gtmetrix.com
•Page Speed Score
•YSlow Score
•Fully Loaded Time
•Total Page Size
•Requests
5. http://analyze.websiteoptimization.com
Web Page Speed Report
Diagnosis
Global Statistics
Object Size Totals
External Objects
Download Times
Page Objects
Analysis and Recommendations
6. https://www.dareboost.com
7. https://tools.pingdom.com
8. https://moz.com
9. https://www.1and1.com
Name of website analysis software and their tools
10. http://www.alexa.com

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