[LINK] Welcome to our new website

[Kim Holburn]

On 2007/May/30, at 12:21 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

> Anybody any comments on the new Australian IT website?
>
> To me it's a lot less useful, harder to navigate, harder to find  
> real content, full of adverts

Can't say about everything else because I try and steer clear of  
Murdoch news outlets when I have a choice, but full of adverts?  I  
don't see any ads.

> and is often confusing. The feedback is not all all positive.
>
> But I guess, it's the adverts that pay for it.

There are several different models for newspapers on-line.  Wall  
Street Journal and New Scientist show you parts of many articles but  
you have to subscribe to read on-line.  Salon had an interesting one  
where you could get credit for watching an on-line add and then read  
the article.   Many newspapers just have all their content on-line.    
How is that working?  Not well I assume.

> The site is at
> http://australianit.news.com.au/
>
> and at one place says:
>
> Welcome to our new website
> Stuart Kennedy
> May 26, 2007
> http://australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,21797024-5013046,00.html
>
> OVER the past few months a team of designers and programmers has  
> been busy renovating AustralianIT.
>
> Our new website is packed with new features our readers have come  
> to expect. The look, feel and underlying code base have been  
> completely worked over to make it much easier and faster for you to  
> find and absorb the quality news and features the Australian IT  
> section has consistently delivered in print since 1964 and online  
> since 1996.
>
> The result is a website packed with all the contemporary features  
> readers have come to expect from online media. There’s state of the  
> art site navigation, search engine optimisation, video and audio,  
> RSS access and plenty of feedback mechanisms for you to have your  
> say on IT developments.
>
> Advertisers will find the new site is not only the natural place to  
> be in terms of traffic and reader quality but also far more  
> flexible in serving ad content, as well as offering a range of new  
> advertising opportunities.
>
> The new site is just the beginning. In coming months we will refine  
> the site’s structure, fix any glitches that arise now the site is  
> live and develop a wider range of editorial content, such as video.
>
> Meanwhile, our journalists and contributors, consistently the  
> nation’s premier IT news team, will continue to deliver the hard  
> hitting news and feature articles you have come to expect.
>
> Again, welcome and enjoy.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Regards
> brd
>
> Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> Sydney Australia
> brd at iimetro.com.au
>
>
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