In this paper we examine if hyperlink-based (webometric) indicators can be used to rank academic websites. Therefore we analyzed the interlinking structure of German university websites and compared our simple hyperlink-based ranking with official and web-independent rankings of universities. We found that link impact could not easily be seen as a prestige factor for universities.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1105.2443,
title = {Comparing webometric with web-independent rankings: a case study with German universities},
author = {Mark Thamm and Philipp Mayr},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2443},
year = {2011}
}