The City website www.pickering.ca is excellent. With a little practice and exploration, any user will find pertinent or needed information easily.
The GOOD about the City Website
- Right from the FRONT page information is presented via TITLES and SUBSTITLES:
- CATEGORIES are grouped nicely in drop-down menus
- MULTIPLE LANGUAGES – the website is available in approx 100 languages
- RECENT NEWS headlines and details easily found:
- HEADINGS are hypelinked, to go “home” from anywhere, click ->
- Text is often hyperlinked, connected to elsewhere for details
- The FREQUENTLY ACCESSED PAGES are conveniently grouped for easy access
- Major topics are conveniently consolidated and grouped:
- HEADLINES are automatically displayed:
The BAD about the City Website
- no ALPHA LISTING or ALPHA INDEX of site
The UGLY about the City Website
- Not updated regularly; responsible depts should be keeping info current
- BAFFLEGAB: The City’s web publisher does not believe in simplicity and succinctness. Read the OFFICIAL CITY PLAN, if you can find it to see an example of overwhelming the message with a deluge of verbiage. K.I.S.S. Keep it super simple is the way to go and the City, like many politicians, exudes too much verbal hot air.
