Time Magazine has published a listing of its Top 25 websites for the past year here. I'm not sure I'd go along with the poll and sites like E-bay, Aamazon and Virb are conspicuous by their absence, but it's still a useful list and a pretty good indicator of how north America is using the web.
Usefully you can add your two penneth' worth to the fray by ranking the sites yourself (if you really have the time!)
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Showing posts with label websites uk. Show all posts
Monday, 16 July 2007
Government websites too hard to use?
According to this article from the National Audit Office it seems that a good number of UK Government websites are just too hard to use.
Major failings cited included too many text heavy websites, information too hard to find and too much complex information that is not relevant to the majority of users.
On a positive note usage of the main government websites has risen over time and some sites are widely and repeatedly used e.g. 78 per cent of Jobcentre Plus online service users visited its sites at least once a week.
The report concludes that there is much that can be done by Government agencies to improve their websites such as understanding their users better through detailed site statistics and consultation with the public over what resources they would like to use online.
If you're interested in learning more the full report can be downloaded here (PDF file790 kb).
Major failings cited included too many text heavy websites, information too hard to find and too much complex information that is not relevant to the majority of users.
On a positive note usage of the main government websites has risen over time and some sites are widely and repeatedly used e.g. 78 per cent of Jobcentre Plus online service users visited its sites at least once a week.
The report concludes that there is much that can be done by Government agencies to improve their websites such as understanding their users better through detailed site statistics and consultation with the public over what resources they would like to use online.
If you're interested in learning more the full report can be downloaded here (PDF file790 kb).
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