Hi Hannah,
We are currently carrying out similar work and using a content inventory to do so. By this we identify the volume of pages per site and auditing those pages by ROT and type of content i.e. dynamic. Similar to Keele we have quite a devolved web presence however this approach has been effective to date.
We then map Google Analytics onto the pages with an 'active' status for further refinement.
I hope this helps!?
Best
Jenn
Jennifer Thacker
Digital Marketing Manager
Lancaster University
O: +44 (0) 1524 592617
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Subject: Content culling, or stopping the ROT
Hi everyone
We are currently discussing the future development of our website but as one of my colleagues so beautifully put it, "we need to clear out the loft and garage before we decide if we need to move house".
I was wondering whether anyone had a good policy in place for identifying and eliminating all that ROT (Redundant, Outdated,
Trivial) content on your sites?
Content creation is completely devolved here so we will need to "encourage" colleagues in the Faculties/Research Institutes/Directorates to look at their pages and get rid of anything unnecessary.
I'd be interested in hearing about anything that works - and anything that doesn't!
Take care
Hannah
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Hannah Hiles
Media and Communications Manager (at Keele Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) Keele University Keele Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
01782 733857
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