Web Document Analysis for Companies Listed in Bursa Malaysia

TL;DR

This study analyzes web documents of Bursa Malaysia-listed companies, revealing minimal website usage and highlighting the predominant use of image files in their online presence.

Contribution

It introduces a Web Resources Extraction System and provides insights into the web usage patterns of Malaysian companies.

Findings

Minimal website usage among Bursa Malaysia companies

60.02% of image files are utilized in company websites

Web Resources Extraction System effectively extracts web document information

Abstract

This paper discusses a research on web document analysis for companies listed on Bursa Malaysia which is the forerunner of financial and investment center in Malaysia. Data set used in this research are from the company web documents listed in the Main Board and Second Board on Bursa Malaysia. This research has used the Web Resources Extraction System which was developed by the research group mainly to extract information for the web documents involved. Our research findings have shown that the level of website usage among the companies on Bursa Malaysia is still minimal. Furthermore, research has also found that 60.02 percent of the image files are utilized making it the most used type of file in creating websites.