Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Directionlessgov.com/local


Much has recently been made of
direct.gov.uk's local searching
capabilities. Putting you straight to the page you want (via a handful
of interstitial pages).


In the best directionlessgov.com traditions, here's something better:
http://www.directionlessgov.com/local/.


Direct.gov.uk requires you to pick the category that your thing fits
into (most) from their list, and then follow through several poges
click through to what you're actually looking for.


previously, we've done a direct comparison of google and
Direct.gov.uk, but, given the extremely strict categorisation of
direct.gov.uk (and the extreme lack of strictness or catgeories in
what people actually look for), it's not worth the
many days it would take (against the day or so it's taken so
for). So you get national direct.gov.uk results, and local
google results.


We map your postcode onto your local authority, and then use this list of councils and websites (which took a couple of days to
create forthis purpose) to search just your council(s).



So, there you have it Directionlessgov.com/local.

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