Website lessons from the Obama administration

You can learn about good website design from the Obama administration.

Writer Matthew Battles explains how in “Extreme makeover WhiteHouse.gov edition: How should we read the new Obama home page?”, in today’s Boston Globe.

Some of the key lessons illustrated by the new whitehouse.gov website:

• Prioritize. Put your most important information first. Remember the top half of your page will get the most attention.
• Use active verbs. They raise the energy level of your web page.
  
• Use white space effectively.