Articles and resources about web accessibility in government.
Subcategories include: Accessibility Best Practice
| Accessibility Guidelines
| Accessibility Legal Cases
| Accessibility Metadata
| Accessibility Online and Web
| Accessibility Statements
| Accessibility Technology
| Accessibility Testing Tools
Resources about domain names and their associated issues especially with regard to their effect on government. Articles and resources about internet governance.
Subcategories include: DNS - Domain Name System
| Domain Name Governance
| Internet Governance
Articles and resources about how to improve your ecommerce ventures including online marketing, conversion rates which are equally applicable to government online bookshops.
Articles and resources about how people are using the Web from mobile devices, such as mobile (cell) phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other small devices connected to a computer network.
Articles and resources about trends and issues in online marketing.
Subcategories include: Behavioural Targeting
| Email Newsletters
| Social Media Marketing
| Twitter and Online Marketing
| Viral Marketing
Resources about search engine marketing and search engine optimisation - SEO - especially in relation to government websites.
Subcategories include: Copywriting
| Dynamic Websites
| Flash and SEO
| Frames
| Google Optimisation
| In-House SEO
| Keywords and Keyword Research
| Link Popularity and Link Building
| Meta Tags
| Organic Search
| Paid Inclusion
| Paid Search
| Pay Per Click
| Search Engine Spam
| SEO Audit
| SEO Tools
| Title Tags
Usability resources for website development including universal design principles and user centered design.
Subcategories include: Eyetrack Research
| PDF Usability and Accessibility
| Personas
| Pop-Ups
| Usability Guidelines
| Usability Testing
Articles and resources about the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies with an emphasis on government.
Subcategories include: AJAX
| Folksonomies and Social Bookmarking, Tagging
| Government Wiki use
| Mashups
| RSS News Feeds
| Second Life in Government
| Social Networks and Social Media in Government
| Web Blogs
| Web Services
| Widgets and Web Applications
Articles and resources about best practice in web analytics, web site measurement and web traffic analysis.
Subcategories include: AB Testing and Multivariate testing
| Competitive Intelligence
| Conversion Rates
| Cookies
| Customers, Demographics and Visitor Segmentation
| Key Performance Indicators
| Search Analytics
| Social Media Analytics
| Web Analytics Tools
By Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff. Wired Magazine, August 17, 2010. "Two decades after its birth, the World Wide Web is in decline, as simpler, sleeker services — think apps — are less about the searching and more about the getting. Chris Anderson explains how this new paradigm reflects the inevitable course of capitalism. And Michael Wolff explains why the new breed of media titan is forsaking the Web for more promising (and profitable) pastures..."
Added: 25 August 2010;Page views: 1,850Rating: 0Votes: 0
by Anick Jesdanun. The Age, August 31, 2009. "Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online. Instead the researchers sought to create an open network for freely exchanging information, an openness that ultimately spurred the innovation that would later spawn the likes of YouTube, Facebook and the World Wide Web..."
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by Janna Quitney Anderson, Director, Imagining the Internet, Elon University and Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project, December 14, 2008. "A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major technology advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves..."
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by Jonathan Zittrain. YouTube, April 15, 2008. Professor Jonathan Zittrain of the Oxford Internet Institute previews his book "The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It" at the Tribeca Grand in NYC on April 11 2008.
Added: 1 September 2008;Page views: 2,779Rating: 0Votes: 0
by ALA Staff. A List Apart, July 29, 2008. "Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide..."
Added: 1 August 2008;Page views: 2,700Rating: 0Votes: 0
"30 sessions, 10 international speakers, 3 tracks, 5 workshops, 4 very full days covering the technologies, techniques and strategies you need to build the best possible web sites and applications..."
Added: 16 June 2008;Page views: 2,893Rating: 0Votes: 0
by Jeremiah Owyang. Web Strategy by Jeremiah, January 1, 2008. "Summary and Audience: This document catalogs the many tools and tactics available for corporate web strategy in 2008. Even if your strategy or resource limitations restrict you from entering all spaces, awareness of the changes in our digital landscape are critical. This document is intended for decision makers roles such as CMO/VP/Director of Web and Marketing..."
Added: 31 January 2008;Page views: 3,081Rating: 0Votes: 0
Australian Government Information Management Office, 2011. "The Web Publishing Guide helps Australian Government agencies to manage their websites, and to identify their legal and policy obligations..."
Added: 18 June 2007;Page views: 5,710Rating: 0Votes: 0
By Sean Carton. Clickz, April 16, 2007. "... the specific things that nonprofits and smaller organizations need to do to best leverage the Internet today, then followed it up with a list of pro-quality tools they could get their hands on for free or cheap..."
Added: 19 April 2007;Page views: 4,234Rating: 0Votes: 0
by Ethan Marcotte. A List Apart Magazine, February 26, 2007. "... The problem at hand - We can all agree that the realities of the web make it hard to build a standards-compliant site. Once the client’s CMS, outdated WYSIWYG editors, and third-party advertising code have finished with once-valid markup, things begin to look ever-so-ugly under the hood; this leads many to suggest, like Bowman, that an insistence on validation is at odds with commercial web design. Given that most of these invalid sites look fine in a browser, the amount of time and money required to produce perfectly valid final code seems not only prohibitive, but pointless..."
Added: 6 March 2007;Page views: 4,821Rating: 0Votes: 0
By Dave Hecker. Sitepoint, 2007. "... the process of writing a great project specification to advertise your job effectively, selecting the best outsourcing partner, and managing the project to its successful completion. Along the way, you'll pick up lots of handy hints - such as simple methods of determining which outsourcing partner is right for you and simple project management tips that will help keep your project on track..."
Added: 5 March 2007;Page views: 4,576Rating: 0Votes: 0
by Sean Fraser. The Elementary Standards, February 8, 2007."Websites that are standards compliant may not been seen as standards-compliant. It - Actually - makes sense. However, when I was first learning how building websites with web standards was done, it made me crazy..."
Added: 19 February 2007;Page views: 5,355Rating: 0Votes: 0
Creating A Quality User Experience Under Real-Life Constraints, By Garrett Dimon. Digital Web Magazine, November 13, 2006. "It's easy to sit back and preach about how a web team should operate, but it's rare that we really consider and appreciate the realities and challenges involved. We’re going to take a look at how the team behind NYTimes.com, a real team with real constraints, has learned to work together to create one of the best online news experiences in the world. While their situation isn't perfect, it’s an impressive story of unity, balance, and communication that makes the few imperfections of the site that much more interesting..."
Added: 28 November 2006;Page views: 5,081Rating: 0Votes: 0
by Akinola Akintomide. SEO Chat, 15 November 2006. "Do you think you've done enough for your web site by optimizing it for the search engines and engaging in an online marketing campaign? Think again. If you're not looking offline, you're overlooking one of your most important ways of building traffic..."
Added: 21 November 2006;Page views: 5,250Rating: 0Votes: 0
By Aliya Sternstein. Federal Computer Week, October 5, 2006. "The Computing Research Association (CRA), at the request of the federal government, has formed an advisory board to help guide the design of a next-generation Internet..."
Added: 6 October 2006;Page views: 6,023Rating: 0Votes: 0