ANALYSIS OF WEB SITE CONTENTS OF COACH COMPANIES OPERATING AT ISTANBUL ESENLER
COACH STATION
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- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
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Abstract (2. Language):
The rapid development of technology offers people the opportunity to have access to the internet easily as and when they wish and enables enterprises to provide internet orientated services such as customer services, sales and marketing strategies. Because of the use of the internet, transport companies which operate coach services are able to reach wider potential customers, increase their sales and probability through their websites. The aim of the research is to establish whether intercity coach companies provide services through websites, and examine website contents of those companies which provide services thorough web sites. In this context, in the scope of this research, 145 different coach companies providing services in the transportation sector in Turkey and operating in Istanbul Esenler coach station are used as examples. Consequently, it has been investigated whether these companies have websites and identified that only 85 of those 145 coach companies use web sites.
It has been identified that the information contained on the websites of those companies is mostly regarding "the telephone numbers of their terminal and ticket offices", "ticket bookinginquiries", "contact" and "company logos". Also, the lack of information on their websites was detected such as "the location of coaches that ticket purchases made for on a map" and "online support line".
As a result of this research, it has been identified that, having a website for intercity coach companies is acrucialelement in terms of competitiveness and they need to update their websites continually and be open to new technological developments.
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Abstract (Original Language):
Gunumuzde teknolojinin hizla geli§mesiyle birlikte insanlann internete istedikleri zaman kolayca eri§ebilmeleri i§letmelerin mu§teri hizmetleri, sati§ ve pazarlama stratejilerini internet odakli uygulayabilmesine olanak saglami§tir. Turn i§letmeler gibi otobus i§letmeleri de web siteleri sayesinde daha geni§ bir mu§teri potansiyeline ula§arak, sati§larini ve karliliklarini arttirmi§lar. Yapilan bu ara§tirmanin amaci §ehirlerarasi otobus i§letmelerinin web siteleri uzerinden hizmet verip vermedigini saptayarak, web sitesi olan otobus i§letmelerinin sahip olduklari web sitelerini i?erik analizi yoluyla incelemektir. Bu baglamda Ara§tirma kapsaminda Turkiye'de ula§tirma sektoru i?erisinde yer alan istanbul Esenler Otogari'nda faaliyet gosteren 145 farkli otobus i§letmesi orneklem olarak se?ilmi§tir. Bu 145 otobus firmasi i?erisinden sadece 85 tane firmanin web sitelerine sahip oldugu tespit edilmi§tir. Ayrica web sitesine sahip olan i§letmeler web sitelerinde en ?ok "Terminal ve Bilet Sati§ Ofislerinin Telefon Numaralari" ve "Bilet ve Rezervasyon Sorgulama" hizmetleri ile "ileti§im" ve "§irket Logosu" bilgilerine yer vermi§tir. "Bilet Alinan Otobusun Haritadaki Konumu" bilgisi ve "Online Destek Hatti" hizmeti a?isindan soz konusu web sitelerinin i?erik olarak zayif kaldiklari tespit edilmi§tir. Sonu? olarak §ehirlerarasi otobus i§letmeleri a?isindan web sitesine sahip olmanin rekabet edebilirlik a?isindan onemli bir unsur oldugu ve otobus firmalarinin sahip olduklari web sitelerin surekli olarak guncelleyerek teknolojik geli§melere a?ik olmasi gerekliligi anla§ilmi§tir.
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