2010 Index Results :: siteIQ, Inc

Retrospective

After a period of rampant acquisitions in the face of a slowing economy, companies stopped to take stock of their current positions. Not surprisingly this time of corporate introspection took its toll on Websites. Budgets were slashed. Website teams were trimmed. Projects were put on the back burner—or abandoned completely.

Some updated Website designs started to emerge in small bits and pieces. HP.com began spreading its sophisticated black design from the home page into other select zones. Meanwhile Cisco.com made small changes to its navigation panel. And Oracle.com wrangled with the integration of its acquisition of Sun.com. But by and large, Website teams put their eye on updating their back end platforms in an effort to run leaner and meaner in a more frugal world.

But that doesn’t mean there weren’t innovations to be had. Corporate sites cautiously began adopting social media. The mega-menu was born. Corporate business and support communities started to mature and evolve.

2010 set the stage for what would become a virtual explosion of solid innovation in 2011.

Website eBusiness Index Ratings & Rankings

siteIQ evaluated 23 leading IT Websites to identify their key strengths and challenges. Evaluations were conducted using the siteIQ Best Practices Benchmark, which measures 1,232 types of content, features & capabilities, plus 119 metrics that measure usability from the visitor’s point of view.

The 2010 Index reports provide an in-depth look at these sites’ most important strengths, challenges and competitive rankings to show which sites were best positioned going into 2011.

Reports are available for the following companies and IT segments: