Government to kill websites

by Brian Turner

The UK government is to cull over 550 of it’s existing websites.

The aim of the move is to concentrate more information into existing sites, to develop them into “supersites” – ie, websites that will be more frequently used and visited.

The government has been previously criticised over the number of websites it runs. In 2003, the UK government had over 3000 websites, something it accepted then was too many.

Additionally, there have been complaints of poor accessibility with the majority of government websites, with poor W3C validation that make them inaccessible to people with disabilities and those using browsers other than Internet Explorer.

At present, the UK government has over 900 websites, but has stated an interest in keeping only 26 for definite, with 550 scheduled for removal already, and the hundreds of others up for review.

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