Quality assessment in the blog space
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is the presentation of a new method for blog quality assessment. The method uses the temporal sequence of link creation events between blogs as an implicit source for the collective tacit knowledge of blog authors about blog quality.
Design/methodology/approach
The blog data are processed by the novel method for the assessment of blog quality. The results are compared to Google Page Rank with respect to the Gold Standard, the BlogRazzi Bookmark Rank.
Findings
The method is similar or better than Google Page Rank with respect to the chosen Gold Standard.
Originality/value
The major contribution of this paper is the introduction of a novel method for blog quality assessment. Even though its superiority to other and more established methods cannot be proven in the context of this limited study, it enriches the toolset available for blog quality assessment and may become important for a deeper understanding of organizational learning.
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Citation
Schaal, M., Fidan, G., Müller, R.M. and Dagli, O. (2010), "Quality assessment in the blog space", The Learning Organization, Vol. 17 No. 6, pp. 529-536. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696471011082385
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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