Title :
An Exploratory Study of the Users´ Behavior on Social Network Sites
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bus. Adm., Nat. Chengchi Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
This study makes use of Google Analytics data from four social network sites under web 2.0 setting to analyze their users´ behavior. Several statistical techniques are used to analyze the data based on the measures across the four companies with seven cases. Some interesting findings indicate that certain patterns emerge according to the characteristics of the web services. Managerial implications are discussed along with suggestions for future research.
Keywords :
Web services; data analysis; social aspects of automation; social networking (online); statistical analysis; Google Analytics; Web 2.0; Web service; data analysis; social network sites; statistical technique; user behavior analysis; users behavior; Blogs; Companies; Compounds; Google; Internet; Social network services; Google Analytics; Social Network Site; Statistical Analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2012 Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0798-7
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2012.69