Well I don't really know and can only take an educated guess! My take on it is if you live a community that is full of busy professionals and sprawled out over a wide area a web site is a good way of keeping the community in touch and informed about what is going on around them.
I am really happy that our Parish Council has a presence on the web. It is really good news and I for one really appreciate it. I know its been there for a few years now tucked away quietly!
I am not to bothered what a website looks like as long as it is uncomplicated easy to navigate it works and comes from a recognised source of information.
Of course aesthetics do help when trying to capture and keep an audience but on the whole it's all about the quality of the content most importantly
- The information up to date current and consistent
As soon as the content on a website doesn’t change or is out of date people will stop reading it and not take it seriously.
A website is like a new Parish Notice Board whether we like it or not cyber space is here and people use it for convenience because thats what on the whole their lifestyles dictate.
Unless the content changes on a regular basis it becomes dormant and except for the odd passer by it gets forgotten about.
PS I got bored of A green blog everyone else has a green website so I changed the background again.
Unless the content changes on a regular basis it becomes dormant and except for the odd passer by it gets forgotten about.
56.3% of our local community are between the ages of 25 and 64 how many of those people don't use the Internet? http://openlylocal.com/wards/667-Tanworth
PS I got bored of A green blog everyone else has a green website so I changed the background again.