  The present paper attempts to explore the relationship between the Turkish
academic and industry systems by mapping the relationships under web
indicators. We used the top 100 Turkish universities and the top 10 Turkish
companies in 10 industrial sectors in order to observe the performance of web
impact indicators. Total page count metric is obtained through Google Turkey
and the pure link metrics have been gathered from Open Site Explorer. The
indicators obtained both for web presence and web visibility indicated that
there are significant differences between the group of academic institutions
and those related to companies within the web space of Turkey. However, this
current study is exploratory and should be replicated with a larger sample of
both Turkish universities and companies in each sector. Likewise, a
longitudinal study rather than sectional would eliminate or smooth fluctuations
of web data (especially URL mentions) as a more adequate understanding of the
relations between Turkish institutions, and their web impact, is reached.
