Abstract

COUTIN DOMINGUEZ, Adrián. Rutas de navegación empleadas por los usuarios para acceder a los contenidos disponibles en el sitio web de Infomed. ACIMED [online]. 2003, vol.11, n.5. ISSN 1024-9435.

Starting from the contribution made by Webalizer, a software for processing log files from the server, the routes used by users to sail in the hierarchical structures of Infomed website were identified and diagraming was carried out. Nevertheless a group of URL with a higth number of accesses was noticed but was imposible to relate them using their links with other URL of the same site. Having the hypothesis that they were accessed from external links that pointed out to determined URL from Infomed website, including search engines, the log files from web server were processed, in which is possible the identification of the sites that made possible the access to the URL that did not show access by any hierarchical structure of the website. Finally a diagram showing the three routes of navigation in the site was devised: one that corresponds with the hierarchical structure of the site, another where the access is fulfilled by means of external links, and third related to the access from search engines. The diagram analysis showed the routes of navigation followed by the users to access contents and services, which are the most frequently used in the levels that integrate the hierarchical structure of the site among other results which argues that estatistical studies of navigation offer evident advantages to the personal responsible for the administration and development of the sites.

Keywords : INTERNET; WEB SITE; INFOMED; NAVIGATION WAY; LOGS FILE; SEARCH ENGINE.