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Middletown's Website Named Best in NJ by Monmouth University Study

Monmouth University says Middletown Township has the best municipal website in New Jersey. Red Bank gets Honorable Mention. Howell has some catching up to do.

Middletown Township’s has the best municipal website in the State of New Jersey by a Monmouth University study performed by the school’s Polling Institute and its Graduate Program in Public Policy.

The project assessed 540 municipal websites in New Jersey for content, ease of use and citizen interaction.

Red Bank’s site earned an Honorable Mention, coming in 22nd on the list of 540. Five other Monmouth County sites were in the top 100, barely. Spring Lake’s site is ranked #82, Manasquan #89, Tinton Falls #91, Belmar #93 and Marlboro #95.

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The study found that sites built by third party designers with multiple clients peform better than sites built in-house or by small firms with few clients.

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Towns with higher populations and higher property tax bases are more likely to have better websites. Howell, ranked 514 of 540, is a notable exception to this rule in Monmouth County. Weak ratings in content and citizen interaction drove Monmouth’s second largest town’s site’s ranking well below average.

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