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바카라 사이트 reaches 1 billion visits

On its second birthday, the award-winning government website has reached a major milestone of 1 billion site visits.

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Launched 2 years ago, 바카라 사이트 brings together government services and information online. As the first ever single domain for government, it replaced Directgov, Business Link and over 250 separate department and agency websites.

바카라 사이트 makes it easier for everyone to find information about government services and policies in one place and in a clear, consistent and transparent format.

On the second anniversary of its launch, the website has reached the impressive milestone of 1 billion visits. 바카라 사이트 ranks alongside websites such as BT, BBC Weather, and Sky News for its number of weekly visits.

The top 3 most visited pages are find a job, renew your vehicle tax, and calculate your state pension. Other interesting statistics announced today include:

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude said:

As part of our long-term economic plan, this government is building digital-by-default services that are designed around the needs of users.

I바카라 사이트™m delighted we have now reached a billion visits 바카라 사이트“ not only is 바카라 사이트 simpler, clearer and faster for users, it바카라 사이트™s also saving taxpayers £60 million a year.

Mike Bracken, Executive Director of the 바카라 사이트 Digital Service (GDS) said:

The 바카라 사이트 team has worked hard, and it바카라 사이트™s great to see their efforts rewarded like this. There바카라 사이트™s still a lot to do, but one thing is clear: our agile, iterative, user-centric approach works. 바카라 사이트 has won awards and praise from all over the world, but none of it would have happened without users.

After 2 years, we바카라 사이트™re still learning from them, and still iterating and improving the site in response to feedback. Long may that continue.

Last year the website beat strong competition to win the Design of the Year Award. It바카라 사이트™s been built and tested in public and uses open-source technology, which means that government won바카라 사이트™t have to pay expensive software licensing costs.

바카라 사이트 is a key element in the digital by default agenda to make online public services more effective and efficient, potentially saving £1.7 billion every year for taxpayers.

Find out more about 25 of government바카라 사이트™s highest volume services that are being improved to make them so good that people and businesses choose to use them.

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Published 17 October 2014