The Queen's Website : Five Things You May Not Know

Fact 3 : Royal.gov.uk DOES collect user data

SEO Consultant, Tim Nash, highlights the fact that the privacy page of the Royal website says that they "do not use cookies for collecting user information, and will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of our web server." However, peeping in the page's code, one can find traces of Google Tracking's system Google Analytics which contradicts the above claim.

Fact 4 : Royal.gov.uk is a royal SEO Mess

The website might be a real treat to the eye but Julian Sambles, Head of Audience at the Telegraph.co.uk says that the site performs poorly when it comes to Search Engine Optimisation. He pointed to six SEO failures which needed to be addressed. Interestingly though, the site ranks second only to Wikipedia when looking for "queen elizabeth" and the terms "british monarchy". A proof that Google is not as dumb as it might seems.

Fact 5 : Royal.gov.uk is ranked amongst the top 2000 websites worldwide

Web Stats site Alexa ranks Royal.gov.uk amongst the top 2000 websites worldwide, a stunning growth given the fact that the jump - from around 60,000 - occurred in the past alone week. This ranks the site between Channel4.com and mirror.co.uk as a rough guide.