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

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
> 
> On 19/01/2007, at 9:45 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> 
>> Ivan Trundle wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>> 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>

none taken, just a little embarrassment.

> 
> 
> No serious dig intended - I just saw the humour in it, and was  looking 
> at my hail-damaged vegetable garden as I was typing...
> 
>> 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
> 
> 
> Sounds like a classic example of the mandarins in charge not knowing  
> *why* people visit websites.
> 
> Projecting an image of people ('Hello sailor!' was the immediate  
> reaction in this office from my colleagues on this news) is all well  
> and good, but doesn't differentiate the product, or the reasons for  
> visitors wanting to go to the site.
> 
> It's as if website homepages (and to a lesser degree, the images in  the 
> rest of the site) are seen as book covers - all vying for  attention in 
> the bookstore. It's simply not the main reason for  someone to visit a 
> website. In print, pictures might be worth 1000  words - but on the web, 
> 100 digital words are worth as much.
> 
>> <snip>
>> Hitwise Talk:
>> *Australia has over 5000 government websites
>> UK around 1500 and the US around 3000!
> 
> 
> And after the UK's drive to reduce their sites to 500, it makes  
> Australia look incredibly bloated in comparison. But I'd be more  
> inclined to count the pages, and the hits, and possibly even seeing  how 
> much useful content there is first. Each country has different  levels 
> of accountability and transparency, so comparing one with the  other 
> must be treated with some skepticism.
> 

It seems useful KPIs for Websites are still needed.

Marghanita
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