Straw Poll was Re: [LINK] Straw Pole of Good Bad and ugly online government services

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
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> Still trying to visualise a straw pole... (How long is it? Can it be  
> used in place of tomato steaks?)
<snip>
OK, wrong word see
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_poll>

Some snippets from yesterday's
  >> Seventh Canberra WSG meeting
<http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2007-January/071356.html>

navy.gov.au redevelopment Talk:
*sexy looking websites with people not boats is what the client is 
looking for

Accessibility Talk:
*most commonly misspelt word on Government websites is "Australia"
*developing and having useful standards adopted is difficult.

Hitwise Talk:
*Australia has over 5000 government websites
UK around 1500 and the US around 3000!

*Most popular Aust government site is Bureau of Meteorology,

*Wikipedia is outdoing the other encyclopedia's...

*And no surprise for anyone that has looked at their own website stats...
Google is by far the most popular website

Marghanita
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