Macon.com changes designed just for you

If you’re reading this blog, you’ve seen the new macon.com.

Yes, we’ve changed, because we believed we could make your online user experience better.

It’s been a few years since we redesigned our Web site, and it was time for an update. We wanted to make it easier to use, and we wanted to make it more attractive. We believe we’ve accomplished both.

We have streamlined the home page, providing a hierarchy of the most important news of the day, complemented by easy-to-find links to a wide variety of content, from local news to restaurant reviews. We have updated all sections of the site, and provided more and better spaces for our advertisers.

We’ve experienced tremendous growth at macon.com over the past year. More people are visiting the site each day. They are viewing more pages and spending more time per visit. We believe macon.com is the go-to site for breaking news, but it is also the pre-eminent site for in-depth local news for Middle Georgians and people interested in Middle Georgia. Our goal is to provide even more content throughout the day and to make it easier for users to find what they need when they need it.

Online manager Ryan Gilchrest has been the leader in our redesign efforts. He is very much in tune with the latest developments in online content management and the tools needed to make our online site as accessible and user-friendly as possible. In short, he makes sure that everything works. Meanwhile, Beth MacFadyen, Senior Editor for Online News, ensures that visitors get the most current news as quickly as possible and that the site is rich with other kinds of local content, whether photo galleries from our award-winning photo staff and our readers, or video from multimedia reporter Liz Fabian.

Visitors expect to get fresh and unique content at macon.com and we aim to deliver.

As with any new endeavor, the new and improved macon.com may take some getting used to. We’ve prepared a video and photo presentation on the site to guide you through the changes. In addition, there is a list of frequently asked questions, and as readers pose new questions, we’ll add those to the list.

We hope you continue to find macon.com and The Telegraph the place to go for news, entertainment and advertising. Let us know what you think about the changes. Send your comments or questions to www.macon.com/feedback.