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It's all about the nodes and what lives at them

Posted by: alphagov, Posted on: 16 May 2011 - Categories: GOV.UK

To say that no-one wants to visit a government website is an over-simplification. But it's certainly true that the compulsion is significantly different from what drives people to a destination website like BBC News or Facebook, or from something customer-facing …

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