Rutherford GOP Website Scores a 94 out of 100
Posted on 17 October 2011 - 05:34 PM by Navigation Advertising | (0) Comments
One of our clients websites, the Rutherford County GOP, recently scored a 94 out of 100 on the well-respected website analysis site, WebsiteGrader.com. http://www.RutherfordGOP.org
We’re very proud of the website we designed and built for the Rutherford County GOP in the winter of 2010. Since it’s launch the site has soared to new heights at every level. Website traffic averages well over 3700 unique visits and 1 million+ hits per month. We run our client sites through WebsiteGrader.com to get an objective analysis of the website’s strengths and weaknesses so that we can properly optimize the site for search marketing. The Rutherford GOP website scored a 94 out of 100 on two separate occasions. Before we designed the site we reviewed the sites of several comparable groups throughout the region and across the nation. Two of the primary weaknesses we saw in other sites was poor navigation and sloppy graphics. Beyond building an easy to use site, we also wanted it’s design to be both appealing and timeless. We believe we did exactly that and trust the GOP will be able to use the site for several years before needing an overhaul. The primary way we accomplished these goals was through designing the site in Expression Engine. EE is simply one of the most functional and robust CMS’s (content management systems) we’ve ever worked with and recommend it to everyone we can. In addition to its clean and savvy design, we included functions such as database capture, volunteer forms, social and RSS feeds, e-commerce and multiple blogs.
We’re grateful to the Rutherford County GOP for trusting us with their web presence and we look forward to keeping the site performing at it’s best and designing similar site for similar clients.