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SEO performance on launch: comparing GOV.UK with Directgov

Posted by: Lana Gibson, Posted on: 22 November 2012 - Categories: GDS team, GOV.UK

The search engine optimisation landscape is changing. As I have blogged previously, we are doing our best to make sure we use the same search terms as our users to make content easier to find. Now that Directgov and Business Link are …

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Piloting new ways of measuring digital success

Posted by: Joanne Inskip, Posted on: 27 September 2011 - Categories: Data

...to thoroughly road test the methodology. The survey ran for a week and collected 266 responses. Lessons learnt The pilot study returned a wealth of data, which we in the...

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Directgov - our story

Posted by: Guy Ker, Posted on: 29 July 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

Directgov was launched in April 2004 to allow people to access public services and government information in a single place. We know that people care little about the structures of...

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What was the evidence? Users’ information needs and analytics

Posted by: alphagov, Posted on: 23 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK, User research

We share learnings we got from analytics about what people are doing when visiting government web pages.

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Introducing Chris Chant

Posted by: The Digital Engagement Team, Posted on: 4 February 2011 - Categories: Digital engagement

...Martha Lane Fox’s report Directgov 2010 and Beyond: Revolution Not Evolution , his role in finding efficiency savings in the public sector’s use of technology and the future for digital...

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