"Analysis of Web Content Delivered to a Mobile Computing Environment"

Anthony Perreault 

Anthony Perreault is a senior at New Mexico Tech, majoring in Technical Communication with an emphasis in computer science and web design. While taking classes, Anthony also works full-time at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Pete V. Domenici Science Operations Center as an operations specialist for the Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope where part of his duties include maintaining and upgrading operational documentation. Anthony worked with Dr. Julie Dyke Ford on his senior thesis project, Analysis of Web Content Delivered to a Mobile Computing Environment.

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Background of Wireless Technology

Literature Review 

Survey of US Web Traffic

Selection of Sites for Analysis

Analysis of Sites

Google.com

Flickr.com

Walmart.com 

Wikipedia.org

Wordpress.com

NYTimes.com

Craigslist.com

IMDb.com

Conclusions

Suggestions for Further Research

Final Thoughts

Works Cited

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