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What content designers need to know about GOV.UK Chat
GOV.UK Chat is billed as the biggest change to how people interact with government content since the launch of GOV.UK. Find out how it works, what content it uses and what it means for content designers.
Ranking not tanking: how to make your content work for search
Want your content to rank in search without chasing SEO “hacks”?Here are five things you need to do if you want your content to rank well in search.
How to design a style guide (that people can actually use)
Good style guides need to be relevant, not generic; usable - not just good on the shelf; and empowering - a style guide should give a mandate to content designers. It should be the hill that we can die on. Here’s how Scroll designed a style guide for HSE Ireland.
Information architecture: keeping users in focus
Rather than focusing on a specific piece of content, IA development is an opportunity to work across an entire website, and reorganise information in a way that best serves the needs of users.
Content lifecycle management: 3 principles to follow and 5 actions to take
Content is a strategic business asset. Organisations need to shift their focus from publishing new content to managing and maintaining what they already have.
How do you know if your content is succeeding or failing?
Measuring content success is important, but how do you know what to test with users, when to use analytics and what to measure? Scroll content strategist Andrew Charles on setting content performance indicators.
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