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Tech Company Websites: Are They Well Designed?
Report Cards of Fortune 100 Tech Giants Sites

Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2026-11-05
We all work on optimizing our websites as best we can - whether we have a solo practice, a home business, or an IT staff of 30 supporting 500 employees.

Usually, there are things we wish we had the time or resources to fix on our sites and feel a little embarrassed that we're not doing better.

Hopefully, this exercise will cheer you up.

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