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I'm sure everyone else is aware of how local government websites look in their own parts of the world - but for a similar-sized UK city Edinburgh City Council's website is a good (i.e. bad) example for comparison: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk

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I honestly don't mind the Edinburgh site - I'd rather they focus on content and functionality rather than changing it every year to comply with the latest design fad.

True but nobody's saying they should - it's just a good example of a cluttered and disorganised website

That actually looks like a domain holding page when you glance at it...

My http://glasgow.gov.uk isn't any better

Much prefer that one. Straight away I can see where to navigate to what I want, and I am not misdirected by the so called style. That nasty flat modern monstrosity that is the Manchester site is like a child's templated wet dream.

Complain all you want, but http://www.aberdeen.gov.uk doesn't exist at all. For the third city in Scotland I find that really embarrassing.

Aberdeen is an independent city council

http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk

http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/

Well that really clears things up for me, thank you. Site is still pretty horrible though.

I really dislike the archaic/gothic use of 'V' rather than 'U' - it looks pretentious and always makes me read it twice before remembering the usage.

That's not really the fault of the website - as far as I know it's part of the brand for Edinburgh Council.

Correct this branding is all over Edinburgh, perhaps to hark back to some ancient celtic roots. I'm not a fan either.

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