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Summary
How do the websites of the
Fortune 500
Hardware Manufactures
in terms of Best Online Experience?
Goals
For this comparative analysis of websites
we define two important dimensions that allow us to
rank order each website in terms of Best Online Experience:
We used the eValid website analysis engine, programmed (see below) to collect specific metrics that contribute to these factors. To assure accuracy the measurements were done over a short time frame and using identical access capabilities.
Results
The measurements we made of these websites
produced the relative Quality of Online Experience comparison chart shown.
The data shown are normalized relative values.
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The best-performing websites are in the upper right of the chart, and the worst-performing websites are in the lower left of the chart.
Individual Summary Results
The table below shows all of the results used to construct
the comparative chart.
Click to see the eValid Summary Report with the raw data.
Click to see the 3D-SiteMap for each website.
Here are Animations and
Usage Instructions for the 3D-SiteMaps.
Right-click anywhere on any 3D-SiteMap for documentation.
Here are some
Usage Hints if you want to dig deeper in the 3D-SiteMaps.
# | Company | Click For Summary Report | Comments | Click For SiteMap | Comments |
1 | Apple Computer, Inc. www.apple.com | eValid Report | A: A relatively large site, very quick, moderate broken-link counts, and relatively smaller pages. |
![]() | A-: Clean, well organized, some backward/reverse links, some direct access to bottom-most layers. |
2 | Dell www.dell.com | eValid Report | C: Very large site, moderate amount of broken links, fairly heavy with links. |
![]() | B: Quite a few backward links, very large spread below topmost pages. |
3 | eMachines, Inc. www.emachines.com | eValid Report | A-: Moderate sized site, very fast, low broken-link count, very small and moderately linked pages. |
![]() | B: For a large site, relatively little access from the root, some backward links. |
4 | Gateway Computers www.gateway.com | eValid Report | B: A large site, moderately speedy, relatively large pages, and very low broken-link count. |
![]() | A: A few backward links from root, but very good access to multiple layers, great flexibility. |
5 | HP www.hp.com | eValid Report | A: Very large site, large number of broken links, lightly linked. |
![]() | B+: Quite a few backward links, Good spread from the top downward. |
6 | IBM www.ibm.com | eValid Report | C: Large and relatively slow, high broken-link count, relatively larger pages. |
![]() | A-: Good expansion from the main page, a few upward/backward links, lots of access from top. |
7 | MPC Computers, LLC. www.buympc.com | eValid Report | B: A large site, with superior broken-link count and high links/page count, but somewhat slow. |
![]() | A-: Good spread and distribution of links, a few backward links. Comments... |
8 | Silicon Graphics, Inc. www.sgi.com | eValid Report | A+: A large site, very fast, high page size and high link count per page, and superior broken link scores. |
![]() | A: Classical structure and organization, good multi-layer structure, a few backward going links. |
9 | Sony www.sony.com | eValid Report | A+: A smaller site that is moderately fast, with average linking structure and a moderate broken-link ratio. |
![]() | A+: Near symmetrical 1st and 2nd layer, good expansion and good spread out. |
10 | Sun Microsystems www.sun.com | eValid Report | B: Large and relatively quick site, moderate broken-link count, few links/page. |
![]() | B-: Very complex structure, moderate number of backward/upward links, uneven distribution to 2nd and 3rd layer pages. |
Methodology
To collect the data used in the chart we used the eValid website
analysis engine with parameter settings as follows:
Web Access Details
All tests were done on a 384 Kbps (peak performance value) ADSL connection.
The data was collected with successive eValid runs
during normal business hours.