a-z.ch

One of the main problems of many search & find Web portals? Visitors rarely find exactly what they are looking for. a-z.ch shows, how it is done. The regional portal for the Schweizer Mittelland accurately provides the information one needs.

Results are achieved the easy way. Each market place (real estate, job, vehicles, events, associations) has its own optimized search function. Here numerious search criteria can be specified. The geographic area to be searched can be adjusted with a controller.

All geographical levels, from cities and municipalities over regions to the entire Schweizer Mittelland, can be specified. Search results are shown in two different ways. As a list and as an interactive map (Google Maps).

With a relaunch in April 2009 and the integration of the newsportal of the Aargauer Zeitung (azonline.ch) and other media partners, a-z.ch positioned itself also as the central news portal for the Schweizer Mittelland, guaranteeing its visitors a comprehensive supply with regional, national and also international news. To assure high relevance and value for its users, news can be filtered according to department as well as to geography.

The news portal is based on a complex yet easy to use Content Management System that is tailored to the needs of the media partners and their editorial staff. Each partner can independently manage their own content on a-z.ch. Apart from the import of data the system also allows for an XML export of the entire data for different external customer systems.