Usage dynamics and performance analysis: the case study of Embrapa Satellite Monitoring web site

Abstract

The Embrapa Satellite Monitoring has used for more than one decade Internet as a dissemination mean of its research results and interaction with clients, partners and web site users. In order to evaluate the web site usage and performance of the e-communication system, a Webalizer software has been used to track and to calculate statistics based on web server log file analysis. The objective of the study is to analyse the data and evaluate the indicators related to the origin of requests (search string, country, time), actions performed by users (entry pages, agents) and system performance (error messages). It will help to remodel the web site design to improve the interaction dynamics and also develop a customised log file analyser.

Website usage dynamics; Log files; User's profile