Website of “Novosti-Armenia” agency first in terms of citation index in Armenia – Yandex
YEREVAN, May 7. /ARKA/. Website of International News Agency “Novosti-Armenia” is in the first place in Armenia in terms of thematic citation index in the rating of news sites by the version of Yendex.ru.
Thematic Citation Index is the indicator of importance (degree of authority) of a website, or, to be more specific, of an Internet-resource by search engine yandex.ru, defined through an internal analysis of the quality of links to that resource.
Quality of external links refers to similarity of the themes between the resource referenced and the resource linked. The higher the quality, or the so-called weight of the link, the higher is the Citation Index of the resource. Citation Index is estimated 1.5-2 times a month.
According to the rating, citation of “Novosti-Armenia” is 1,100, being ahead of following site of “Arminfo” by 350 points. At the same time the citation index of the site on the fifth place, information analytical agency “De Facto” is only 110.
Even among the leading five news websites of Armenia the International News Agency “Novosti-Armenia” is the first. The five most cited news websites of Armenia are: INA “Novosti-Armenia” with a rating of 1,100, followed by “Panarmenian” with a rating of 850, “Arminfo” – 750, “Panorama” – 600 and “Armenpress” – 190.
International News Agency “Novosti-Armenia” was registered in July 2005 and is aimed at providing on-time and impartial news on Armenia’s political, social and cultural life.
On December 8, 2005, INA “Novosti-Armenia” and Russian Agency of International Information “RIA Novosti” signed an agreement on cooperation in the sector of information exchange.
The agreement provides for intensifying exchange of information between CIS countries. The website of “Novosti-Armenia” contains information on the most important events in the country and abroad in Armenian, and on events in Armenia in Russian, as well as interviews with leading political scientists, opinions and comments of experts. All information on the site is free of access. G. S. –0--