Creating meaningful data from web logs for improving the impressiveness of a website by using path analysis method

dc.contributor.authorDas, Resul
dc.contributor.authorTurkoglu, Ibrahim
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-12T17:45:32Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentFırat Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractWeb usage mining is to analyze web log files to discover user accessing patterns of web pages. in order to effectively manage and report on a website, it is necessary to get feedback about activity on the web servers. The aim of this study is to help the web designer and web administrator to improve the impressiveness of a website by determining occurred link connections on the website. Therefore, web log files are pre-processed and then path analysis technique is used to investigate the URL information concerning access to electronic Sources. The proposed methodology is applied to the web log files in the web server of Firat University. The results and findings of this experimental study can be used by the web designer in order to plan the upgrading and enhancement to the website. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Projects Unit of Firat University [1526]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is supported by the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Firat University (Project No.1526). The authors would like to thank the Computer Centre of the Firat University for providing the web server log files to LIS. In addition, they would like to thank Prof. Dr. Mustafa Poyraz for providing necessary opportunity of this Study.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eswa.2008.08.067
dc.identifier.endpage6644
dc.identifier.issn0957-4174
dc.identifier.issn1873-6793
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4938-4167
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6113-4649
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-58349115608
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage6635
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2008.08.067
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11508/60725
dc.identifier.volume36
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000263817100109
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofExpert Systems with Applications
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260511
dc.subjectWeb mining
dc.subjectWeb usage mining
dc.subjectWeb log files
dc.subjectPath analysis
dc.titleCreating meaningful data from web logs for improving the impressiveness of a website by using path analysis method
dc.typeArticle

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