“Back in 2009 I noted the arrival of Webometrics, a global ranking of universities based on their web presence. At that time it featured around 4,000 institutions but has since grown to around 27,000 (which does seem now to be used by many as the reference point for the estimate of the total number of universities across the globe) …” (more)
[Paul Greatrix, Registrarism, 7 March]