5 th International Science, Social Science, Engineering and Energy Conference 18 th -20 th December, 2013, Pavilion Rim Kwai Resor, Kanchanaburi, Thailand I-SEEC 2013 www.iseec2013.ssru.ac.th The Effects of Websites for Temples in Bangyai and Banggrauy Districts on Thai Tourist Attractions P. Arunrangsiwed a,e1 a Department of Communication Arts, Program in Animation and Multimedia, Faculty of Management Science, Suansunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, 10300, Thailand e1 parunran@nyit.edu Abstract This research targets to the temples in Bangyai and Banggrauy districts in Nonthaburi, which were mostly built in Ayutthaya period (around 300 years ago). The information which were needed from the monk in each temple were the numbers of the monks, the casual visitors, the regular visitors, brief histories of the temple and all important information about the temple. Another part of survey was filled by a group of internet surfers and social network users. This research found that most internet surfers who search about temples came to the temples because of interesting photograph. The temples were like places to visit for them. They appreciated holy things, photography and floating market. Their behaviors after going to the temples were to post the photographs in social network and telling their real-time friends about the temples. For the websites that gave the information about the temples in Bangyai and Banggrauy districts, most of them had high SEO scores, which means the authors and the photographers knew how to push their websites onto the first page of search results in Google and other search engines. The only SEO itself does not bring casual visitors into the temples in these districts; it only brings users to their websites. There are only a few websites that could give reliable detailing information and related photographs, which the casual visitors need to see. In conclusion, the way to increase casual visitors by using the website, the website need to have both high SEO score and a good quality of information and photography. Temple, Bangyai, Banggrauy, Nonthaburi, Website, Search Engine, SEO Score, Keyword, Tourist 1. Introduction Website has been started influencing the world since early 20th century, and in 2011, the number of internet users in Thailand reached to 6.15 million people (Internet Innovation Research Center Co., Ltd., 2012). Its audiences can choose to percept information about their own interest. The advantages of website comparing with other media are that its investing cost is low, and its users can be both audiences and creators.