…Lorain, which arguably has the best Web site of any city in the county
May 14th, 2008Today’s Elyria Chronicle Telegram reports on the state of City websites in Lorain County, where Emerge’s Elyria office is located.
The story focuses on the number of local Cities that are in the midst of website redesigns or planning for website redesigns.
Our favorite part of the article is this little gem:
“The only city with no plans for major change is Lorain, which arguably has the best Web site of any city in the county.”
Emerge designed the website and has worked closely with the City of Lorain since the sites launch in 2003. The site includes a number of administration tools to enable the day-to-day content to be maintained by the City.
The article goes on to say:
Lorain Auditor Ron Mantini, who runs the site, said the city gets mostly positive feedback about how easy the site is to navigate.
As evidence of that, usage of the site has gone up tremendously over the years.
In 2004, the city’s Web site had just 14,400 page views. In 2005, that climbed to 30,325, and it has continued climbing with 79,000 views in 2006 and 164,000 in 2007.
So far this year, Mantini is tracking 5,400 page views per day. At that rate, the Lorain site could have close to 2 million views in 2008.
That is because the Lorain site not only has a lot of information — such as profiles and contact information for Council members — it also has useful interactive elements for its residents — such as tax forms, a list of job openings, a complaint center and even the capability to accept bill payment.
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