WRITTEN ON December 19th, 2005 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Uncategorized
Kable’s competitors over at e-Gov monitor have done the sensible thing and posted up a list of most popular government web sites (see below). It uses data from Hitwise. There are other sources of raw web data like Alexa, and services to show where your users come from like ClustrMaps (which Robin W put me on to and which we show on Ideal Government/Europe).
JobCentre Plus takes top honours followed by the Met Office. DirectGov sneaks in ahead of the 1901 census (are people STILL into that?)
The point this underlines is that in Web2.0-world automatic raw feedback on what happens on the web will be available in abundance, for free. We just have to listen, interpret it and change what we do accordingly. It all helps. And meanwhile Business Link has gone ABC audited, which seems eminently responsible.
Top 10 Central and Local Government websites for week ending 3 December 2005, based on visits
Data provided by Hitwise.Top 10 Central Government websites for week ending 3 December 2005, based on visits.
Rank Name Domain Market Share
1 Jobcentre Plus www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk 7.89%
2 Met Office www.metoffice.gov.uk 7.30%
3 HM Revenue & Customs www.hmrc.gov.uk 3.91%
4 Directgov www.direct.gov.uk 2.98%
5 National Center for Biotechnology Information www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 2.47%
6 Department for Education and Skills www.dfes.gov.uk 1.95%
7 Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk 1.94%
8 1901 Census National Archive www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk 1.91%
9 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency www.dvla.gov.uk 1.91%
10 Driving Standards Agency www.dsa.gov.uk 1.81%Top 10 Local Government websites for week ending 3 December 2005, based on visits.
Rank Name Domain Market Share
1 Transport for London www.transportforlondon.gov.uk 4.88%
2 Transport for London – Journey Planner journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk 3.69%
3 Hantsweb www.hants.gov.uk 2.30%
4 Birmingham City Council www.birmingham.gov.uk 1.07%
5 Devon County Council www.devon.gov.uk 1.06%
6 Aberdeen City Council www.aberdeencity.gov.uk 0.99%
7 Aberdeenshire Council www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk 0.99%
8 Suffolk County Council www.suffolkcc.gov.uk 0.97%
9 Manchester City Council www.manchester.gov.uk 0.91%
10 Lancashire City Council www.lancashire.gov.uk 0.87%Source: Hitwise www.hitwise.co.uk
