The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine
WWW7 Proceedings of the seventh international conference on World Wide Web 7
Authoritative sources in a hyperlinked environment
Journal of the ACM (JACM)
Complex information processing: a file structure for the complex, the changing and the indeterminate
ACM '65 Proceedings of the 1965 20th national conference
Toward a basic framework for webometrics
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Special issue: Webometrics
Visualizing linguistic and cultural differences using Web co-link data: Research Articles
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Mapping world-class universities on the web
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences
Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
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This study analyzes the hyperlinks leading to six teen health web sites from a specific form of social media -- blogs - in order to discover who is referring teens to reliable health information. This was done by gathering inlink data using Google Webmaster Tools and then classifying inlink sources by type of creator. The study found that the teen health web sites in this study had a weak level of referrals from health-related groups compared to other organizations such as schools, and public libraries. With regard to blogs, we saw that personal blogs out-numbered blogs in any other category. We saw little evidence of blogs -- either personal or official -- created by health care professionals, a group which might be expected to actively refer teens to reliable health information. The weak network of inlinks leading from reliable health care providers is a lost opportunity for health care professionals to reach young people. Due to the weak network of inlinks from reliable health information sources, teens may not be accessing accurate and reliable health information. This could have a potential cost in terms of health outcomes. The results of this study present a snap shot rather than all-inclusive view of the visibility of teen health web sites and offer a starting point for further investigation.