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	<title>Comments on: Research on User Perceptions of EU website</title>
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		<title>By: Talke</title>
		<link>http://www.kosmopolito.org/research-on-user-perceptions-of-eu-website/comment-page-1/#comment-1452</link>
		<dc:creator>Talke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The direct link to the executive summary (including recommendations)  is this: 
http://www.communiphil.de/talke/Hoppmann_Summary.pdf

And the complete report will be published this year.
If you have any further questions, please let me know.

Cheers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The direct link to the executive summary (including recommendations)  is this:<br />
<a href="http://www.communiphil.de/talke/Hoppmann_Summary.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.communiphil.de/talke/Hoppmann_Summary.pdf</a></p>
<p>And the complete report will be published this year.<br />
If you have any further questions, please let me know.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
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		<title>By: Vote now for the Best European Blog! &#171; Kosmopolit</title>
		<link>http://www.kosmopolito.org/research-on-user-perceptions-of-eu-website/comment-page-1/#comment-496</link>
		<dc:creator>Vote now for the Best European Blog! &#171; Kosmopolit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Europeana is (finally) online but… Libertas: The one-man show comes to Europe Research on User Perceptions of EU website  [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Europeana is (finally) online but… Libertas: The one-man show comes to Europe Research on User Perceptions of EU website  [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Brusselsblogger</title>
		<link>http://www.kosmopolito.org/research-on-user-perceptions-of-eu-website/comment-page-1/#comment-421</link>
		<dc:creator>Brusselsblogger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting - the findings can be found here (PDF): http://is.gd/dK3h

Here is a short summary:
 
1. Increase the font size to reduce confusion and make the site more user-friendly. 
2. Add flags to the language links on the entry portal to make the language selection 
easier and avoid problems of accessing the site. 
3. Improve language by: 1. adjusting the information to the web, 2. avoiding the use 
of officialese in order to be more inclusive, 3. trying to provide content according 
to age/user groups, and adjust language accordingly. 
4. Improve the coherence. There needs to be a clear structure throughout EUROPA 
so that users do not continuously have to re-orientate themselves. 
5. Decrease the information load by clearing outdated and obsolete information. The 
website should not be viewed as an archive. If there is information that needs to 
be kept – create and archive and clearly mark as such. 
6. Differentiate content according to different user groups and clearly define those 
groups and their needs, in order to adjust to those needs. 
7. Include users in the creation of new pages, or the re-organisation of the general 
structure. By including user views in the production process it will be more likely 
that the organisation-centric view can be abandoned. 
8. Improve the search function with the help of an external provider so that the 
search becomes more efficient and employs features users are familiar with. 
9. Include more Web 2.0 features to foster interactivity, feedback, and information 
sharing, which might add to increased awareness. 
10. Increase awareness about the website in order to reach a wider audience and 
more of the people who do not even know the website exists.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting &#8211; the findings can be found here (PDF): <a href="http://is.gd/dK3h" rel="nofollow">http://is.gd/dK3h</a></p>
<p>Here is a short summary:</p>
<p>1. Increase the font size to reduce confusion and make the site more user-friendly.<br />
2. Add flags to the language links on the entry portal to make the language selection<br />
easier and avoid problems of accessing the site.<br />
3. Improve language by: 1. adjusting the information to the web, 2. avoiding the use<br />
of officialese in order to be more inclusive, 3. trying to provide content according<br />
to age/user groups, and adjust language accordingly.<br />
4. Improve the coherence. There needs to be a clear structure throughout EUROPA<br />
so that users do not continuously have to re-orientate themselves.<br />
5. Decrease the information load by clearing outdated and obsolete information. The<br />
website should not be viewed as an archive. If there is information that needs to<br />
be kept – create and archive and clearly mark as such.<br />
6. Differentiate content according to different user groups and clearly define those<br />
groups and their needs, in order to adjust to those needs.<br />
7. Include users in the creation of new pages, or the re-organisation of the general<br />
structure. By including user views in the production process it will be more likely<br />
that the organisation-centric view can be abandoned.<br />
8. Improve the search function with the help of an external provider so that the<br />
search becomes more efficient and employs features users are familiar with.<br />
9. Include more Web 2.0 features to foster interactivity, feedback, and information<br />
sharing, which might add to increased awareness.<br />
10. Increase awareness about the website in order to reach a wider audience and<br />
more of the people who do not even know the website exists.</p>
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		<title>By: Ralf Grahn</title>
		<link>http://www.kosmopolito.org/research-on-user-perceptions-of-eu-website/comment-page-1/#comment-324</link>
		<dc:creator>Ralf Grahn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If this study looked at the Commission web sites, we would need a team of super-competent guinea pigs to search the Council web pages. 

They are, in my humble opinion, the ultimate test.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If this study looked at the Commission web sites, we would need a team of super-competent guinea pigs to search the Council web pages. </p>
<p>They are, in my humble opinion, the ultimate test.</p>
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