海角社区 positions in uniRank University Ranking (tab uniRank University Ranking)
uniRank鈩聽 is the leading international higher education directory and search engine featuring reviews and rankings of over 13,900 officially recognized Universities and Colleges in 200 countries ().
The current聽uniRank University Ranking鈩 is based upon an algorithm including 4 unbiased and independent web metrics extracted from 3 different web intelligence sources:
The exact formula adopted to aggregate the 5 web metrics is not disclosed for copyright reasons and to minimise attempts of manipulation from University webmasters in order to achieve a better rank. The same philosophy is adopted by Google with regards to their search engine ranking algorithm. Being the聽uniRank University Ranking鈩聽a web-based non-academic University ranking, the need for ranking methodology transparency and the ability of testing and reproducing the results, as suggested by the聽, is less stringent than for academic University rankings.
The aim of the聽uniRank University Ranking鈩聽is to provide an approximate global ranking of world Universities and Colleges based upon their web presence and popularity in terms of estimated traffic, trust/authority and quality link popularity. This is especially intended to help international students and academic staff to understand how popular a specific higher education institution is in a foreign country.
Indicators:
- the level of attendance at the university site;
- the number of active pages;
- performance metrics of flow;
- number of unique visitors;
- the number of page views on the university website from mobile devices and PC users.
