Increase in page views per viewer without any investments in marketing the website. There was also a rise in repeat visits and conversion rates.

Winner

In 2008, ScientificAmerica.com won a Davie award for the Best Educational website, as well as earning a nomination for the 2008 Webby in the Science category

A highly trusted source

Scientific American is the oldest continuously-published magazine in America, and one of the most trusted knowledge brands worldwide. HUGE was retained to re-architect Scientificamerican.com to connect readers to a wealth of authentic, high-quality content. In addition, the publisher felt the Scientific American brand merited higher CPMs than the current design was enjoying.

Topic-based architecture

Research showed Scientific American users most often wished to explore content via specific topics. The redesign project gave HUGE the opportunity to apply best of breed topic-based content architectures to this rich but relatively unheralded trove of content. The new structure addresses the needs of both casual task-oriented visitors and dedicated science junkies while remaining sensitive to the clients’ internal editorial processes.

An image of Scientificamerican.com

Immediate results

The launch of the new scientificamerican.com represents one of clearest “before and after” success stories in recent memory. Repeat visits and conversion rates improved immediately. Most impressive, page views per user increased over 100% without any investments in marketing the website. In 2008, the site won a Davie award for the best Educational website, as well as earning a nomination for the 2008 Webby’s in the Science category.