THE CIQM WEBSITE QUALITY SURVEYS

The main series of reports reviews the overall quality of web resources. It provides an in-depth analysis of the site features as experienced by users and deals with authority, navigation and content. Analysis is made of both the visible page and the underlying code. The results offer a unique and detailed view of web quality and clearly demonstrate the need to evaluate resources before relying on them for day-to-day use.

The reports are:

• The CIQM 2003 and 2004 Website Quality Surveys: Link
• UK Adoption Websites (2 reports): (below)

UK Adoption Websites
Summary
Roger Fenton

This survey resulted in the two reports below. An extended article also appears in First Monday 9(2), and can be viewed at:
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_2/fenton/index.html

UK Adoption Agencies: Preliminary Study of Data in Two Official Directories

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UK Adoption Agency Websites
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The papers present the findings of an investigation into the information presented on the World Wide Web by UK adoption agencies. The first paper examines the information presented in the online directories of agencies published by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering and the UK Department of Health. The second paper examines the information architecture and information content of 30 agencies’ own Websites.