Hotel information exposure in cyberspace : the case of Hong Kong

R. Leung; Chun Hung Roberts Law

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-1142-0_12

Hotel information exposure in cyberspace : the case of Hong Kong

R. Leung, Chun Hung Roberts Law

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Abstract

Search engines are an everyday tool for Internet surfing. They are also a critical factor that affects e-business performance. This study compares the quantity of hotel web pages and pages indexed by search engines. Values of index ratio indicated that international chain hotels were not well indexed by domestic search engines. Furthermore, the web servers of local chain and independent hotels of Hong Kong contain a large amount of outdated or unlinked materials. Though how search engine index pages cannot be controlled, hotel managers could control what should be indexed. Web masters were recommended to relocate these materials to independent folders and use robots exclusion protocol to restrict the access of web crawlers and robots.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information and communication technologies in tourism 2012 : proceedings of the International Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden, January 25-27, 2012
Publisher	SpringerWienNewYork
Pages	132-142
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	3709111420, 9783709111420
ISBN (Print)	9783709111413
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1142-0_12
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism - Duration: 1 Jan 2012 → …

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Conference	International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism
Period	1/01/12 → …

Keywords

Index ratio
Robots exclusion protocol
Search engine
Web content
Hotel website

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Leung, R & Law, CHR 2012, Hotel information exposure in cyberspace : the case of Hong Kong. in Information and communication technologies in tourism 2012 : proceedings of the International Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden, January 25-27, 2012. SpringerWienNewYork, pp. 132-142, International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism, 1/01/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1142-0_12

Hotel information exposure in cyberspace : the case of Hong Kong. / Leung, R.; Law, Chun Hung Roberts.
Information and communication technologies in tourism 2012 : proceedings of the International Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden, January 25-27, 2012. SpringerWienNewYork, 2012. p. 132-142.

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