Category Archives: 2010

Surfing to .. Cyprus

The summer sun takes the mind to places where one can enjoy it without the thought of rain coming very soon (expected here tomorrow!). So I am taking my first visit in this series to Cyprus. Searching through Google for … Continue reading

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Surfing to … Philippines

The National Statistics Office, Republic of the Philippines, is an English language site at http://www.census.gov.ph/ . The Home page is over three screens in depth and obviously means that a user had to read/scroll a lot to identify what is … Continue reading

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Surfing to … Switzerland

Wales, like the rest of the United Kingdom, is having more snow than usual at this time of year. As I look from my desk to the snow covered hills, my mind wanders to the great peaks of white in … Continue reading

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Surfing to … Chile

This week it is the meeting of the International Association for Official Statistics in Chile. So a visit there appears most appropriate. The home page, http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/home_eng.php?lang=eng takes a little time to appear. This could be because of the large number … Continue reading

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Surfing to … Czech Republic

Hope you have all had a great summer and gained energy to continue developing your websites to provide the best a user could have. The summer has seen the development of the blog for these reviews – allowing feedback from … Continue reading

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USA – Fedstats.gov

The USA has been in our news this week with the visit of our Prime Minister to see the President. So I thought I would follow behind and take a peek at how the portal site of the US statistical … Continue reading

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Spain

As the summer holidays approach, many people are again making Spain their destination of choice. The Spanish National Statistical Institute’s web site is to be found at http://www.ine.es/en/welcome_en.htm. The first impression is pleasing on the eye – probably because of … Continue reading

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Italy

My elder son has just gone to Italy for a honeymoon so I thought I would visit their National Statistical Institute’s web site (http://www.en.istat.it/ ). The site is available in English from this link to a significant depth – even … Continue reading

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Kenya

The volcano in Iceland halted a great deal of vegetable and flower cargo from Kenya as well as disrupting people’s plans. So this month, I have chosen to take a look at the website of the Kenya National Bureau of … Continue reading

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Norway

The news on the television has just forecast more snow for parts of the UK tomorrow! That took my mind North to Norway and the Statistics Norway website at (http://www.ssb.no/en/ ). Unusually, the Home page is spit into 4 columns … Continue reading

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China

This month I wandered to the east to China. The National Bureau of Statistics web site (http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/ ) is a fixed size page that fits into the middle of the browser window. The advantage of this approach is that the … Continue reading

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Australia

From cold and wet Wales this month to the warm climes of Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) at http://www.abs.gov.au/ has long been an organisation devoting much attention to the dissemination of its statistics. The Home page is two … Continue reading

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