Socitm Insight surveys number and size of council websites

The survey will provide evidence around what, if anything, might be gained from rationalising the number of websites run by each council and also reducing the size of websites.

Socitm Insight will be presenting the results of the survey as part of the Website takeup service event on December 9 in Birmingham. The event is free to WTS subscribers but is open to non-subscribers including the private sector.

The programme will feature a discussion on web resources that will also include results of a survey of web teams undertaken in the summer by Aberdeen City Council with the support of Socitm Insight.

Other Socitm Insight research has shown council websites varying in size from fewer than 1,250 pages (6% of all councils) to more than 25,000 pages (32% or all councils).