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A Proposed Template for the Evaluation of Web Design Strategies

A Proposed Template for the Evaluation of Web Design Strategies

Dimitrios Xanthidis, David Nicholas, Paris Argyrides
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781605661001|ISBN10: 1605661007|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616926250|EISBN13: 9781605661018
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-100-1.ch014
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Xanthidis, Dimitrios, et al. "A Proposed Template for the Evaluation of Web Design Strategies." Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies, edited by Kamel Rouibah, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 293-317. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-100-1.ch014

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Xanthidis, D., Nicholas, D., & Argyrides, P. (2009). A Proposed Template for the Evaluation of Web Design Strategies. In K. Rouibah, O. Khalil, & A. Hassanien (Eds.), Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies (pp. 293-317). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-100-1.ch014

Chicago

Xanthidis, Dimitrios, David Nicholas, and Paris Argyrides. "A Proposed Template for the Evaluation of Web Design Strategies." In Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies, edited by Kamel Rouibah, Omar E. M. Khalil, and Aboul Ella Hassanien, 293-317. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-100-1.ch014

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Abstract

This chapter is the result of a two years effort to design a template aiming at standardizing, as much as such a task is feasible, the evaluation of Web sites. It is the product of a few publications in international conferences and journals. A thorough review of the international literature on the subject led the authors to conclude there is a very large number of opinions, thoughts and criteria from different professionals involved, directly or indirectly, with the process of designing a good Web site. To make matters even more complicated there are a number of different terms used by various scholars, scientists and professionals around the world that often refer to similar, if not the same, attributes of a Web site. However, it seems that all these differences could boil down to a systematic approach, here called evaluation template, of 53 points that the design strategies of the Web sites should be checked against. This template was tested on a significant number (232) of Web sites of Greek companies and proved it can be used to evaluate the quality of Web sites not only by technology experts but by non-experts alike. The evaluation template, suggested here, is by no means the solution to the problem of standardizing the process of evaluating a Web site but looking at other work done on the subject worldwide it is a step ahead.

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