The majority of SMEs have neither the internal expertise nor financial resources to enable in-house development of e-business and therefore turn to the services of website design consultants to assist them. Unfortunately, they often engage consultants without any clear idea of their intended e-business strategy and without due care as to effective engagement processes. This frequently leads to ...

Two versions of a website, a non-accessible site (NA-website) and an accessible site (A-website), were tested by 13 participants who were: a) blind users, b) low-vision users and c) users without identified disabilities. The mood of the users and their interaction efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction were recorded as they encountered several web content accessibility barriers. Results sho...

Making a website findable is critical nowadays, so web analytics tools that monitor website traffic have become key online marketing tools. Our aim is to assess the changes over time in the performance of a website using Google Analytics data and within a statistical framework that enables us to test the effectiveness of online campaigns. A time series econometric methodology is applied based o...

This study compares the relative effectiveness of two different persuasive strategies embedded in the rationale of a website. The visitor is asked for his/her contact information either prior to or after having access to the guidelines for managing multimedia files offered by the site. Asking for personal data prior to access represents a reward strategy for obtaining such data. In contrast, as...

BACKGROUND Improving the use (eg, initial visit and revisits) of Internet-delivered interventions to promote healthy lifestyles such as non-smoking is one of the largest challenges in the field of eHealth. Prompts have shown to be effective in stimulating reuse of Internet-delivered interventions among adults and adolescents. However, evidence concerning effectiveness of prompts to promote reus...

background: informing plays a prominent role in attracting medical tourists. the enjoyment of proper medical information systems is one of the most important tools for the attraction of medical tourists. iran's ability in designing and implementing information networks has remained largely unknown. the current study aimed to explore information needs for designing a medical tourism website. met...

BACKGROUND Although effectiveness of web-based interventions on lifestyle changes are recognized, the potential of such programs on metabolic syndrome has not been explored. We describe the protocol of a randomized controlled trial that aims to determine the feasibility, acceptability, usability, and effectiveness of interactive technology on lifestyle intervention in a population with metaboli...

IMPORTANCE Effective patient education is necessary for treating patients with acne vulgaris. Automated online counseling simulates face-to-face encounters and may be a useful tool to deliver education. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of a standard educational website with that of an automated-counseling website in improving clinical outcomes and quality of life among adolescents with ...

BACKGROUND Childhood eczema, or childhood atopic dermatitis, causes significant distress to children and their families through sleep disturbance and itch. The main cause of treatment failure is nonuse of prescribed treatments. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to develop and test a Web-based intervention to support families of children with eczema, and to explore whether support from...