According to this craigslist is already dead
I think that if you have dynamic content (updated/added by webmaster or
users) then you are fine for longer than few years
if you just deliver some information to the user (like most corporate
pages) then you don't have to change them for years - unless you want to
introduce new or more fancy technology - like ajax, web2.0 etc
and I am sure that government doesn't have any rule for that - I have
seen pages 10 or more years old that run perfectly on NN 4.0 :)
Artur
Peter Sawczynec wrote:
I have never read any exact rule on how often to update
a website look. But, here is my opinion from my experience.
First, it is important to keep in mind, that most all web sites
get technologically stale every single year.
*Updates < 1 Year*
Very commercial websites and youth oriented sites (MTV,
TV shows, shampoo, fast food, bands, high-profile politicians)
update at least every year. Many aggressive commercial sites
change 2 or 3X a year.
*1.5 - 2 Years Is Sensible, Proactive Time to Update *
If you want to keep the website looking like it is ahead
of the curve or at least right on the curve; the website
could use to be updated by 1.5 years. Up to 2 years
update time is still Okay.
*3 Years Is Far End of Time to Update*
Most standard web sites (govt., high end retail,
associations, accountants, lawyers, real estate, furniture,
car dealer, local radio station, local politician) start to get
totally visually stale at about 3 years. And, of course,
I feel even a 2-year old web site design
is showing its age.
*5 Years Is Death*
It is common though for these types of above noted
business entities to try to take a website design out
to 5 years. At 5 years the old design is absolutely expired
and is hurting the company image, not enhancing.
Even a great clean corporate-look web site rigidly
conformed to a classic design grid and using virtually no
graphic dingbats of any kind would still need a refresh
at about 5 years max, I think.
The site width and height proportions get stale.
Color scheme gets stale, font choices get stale.
Even the widths of the columnar layout
can get stale.
Warmest regards,
Peter Sawczynec
Technology Dir.
blūstudio
941.893.0396
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
www.blu-studio.com
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