CHICAGO – After analyzing various states across the Midwest and various segments of business within the region, we continue our monthly list series by bringing you the top Illinois business Web sites from public Illinois companies that showed stock gains over a one-year period.
For this MidwestBusiness.com List of Top Illinois Business Web Sites With Stock Gains, we researched the Hoover’s database of businesses via LexisNexis in conjunction with MarketWatch stock information.
To be eligible for consideration, companies needed to be based in Illinois, needed to be public companies and needed to show a higher stock price on Jan. 18, 2008 as compared with Jan. 18, 2007.
We also feature 200-day moving averages, which were typically higher than the Jan. 18, 2007 stock price. We again analyzed the business Web sites based on navigation, look and feel, uniqueness and content. The highest amount of points possible was 40 points.
The top 10 sites below come following our lists from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio along with our Big 10 business school list, Web 2.0 and social networking list, top 10 newspaper Web site list, our top 10 Midwest blogs list and our overall top 10 Midwest Web sites list.
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Hospira |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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7 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
26 |
18.83% |
$40.55 |
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Pros: Clean, good information |
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Cons:
Can improve uniqueness, overall impact |
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Fort Dearborn Co. |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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7 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
27 |
1.05% |
$14.27 |
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Pros: Very informative, good content |
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Cons:
Can improve navigation visuals |
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William Wrigley Jr. Co. |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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7 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
28 |
16.57% |
$59.70 |
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Pros: Stays true to brand marketing |
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Cons:
Can tighten design, much too much wasted white space |
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BioSante Pharmaceuticals |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
29 |
25.26% |
$5.68 |
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Pros: Clean design, good diagrams, easy navigation |
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Cons:
Can make use of excess white space |
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
30 |
10.70% |
$8.68 |
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Pros: Good navigation, rollovers |
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Cons:
Can improve overall content |
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Navistar International Corp. |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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8 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
31 |
29.12% |
N/A |
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Pros: Impactful main page, quality design |
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Cons:
Can reduce boxiness, improve uniqueness |
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Titan International |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
32 |
16.71% |
$29.75 |
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Pros: Strong presentation, graphics |
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Cons:
Can improve visibility of navigation bar |
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Lifeway Foods |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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8 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
33 |
13.25% |
$12.52 |
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Pros: Good branding, unique look and feel |
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Cons:
Can tighten up wasted space throughout the site |
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Caterpillar |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
34 |
4.86% |
$75.21 |
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Pros: Clean, easy navigation, impactful design |
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Cons:
Can improve content |
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Lime Energy Co. |
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Navigation |
Look & Feel |
Unique |
Content |
Overall |
% Year Stock Change |
200-Day Stock Average |
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9 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
35 |
8.70% |
$1.51 |
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Pros: Unique and top-notch design, excellent navigation and rollovers |
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Cons:
N/A |
Tune in next month for our continuation in this series.
By STEPHANIE HULS, Staff Writer
ADAM FENDELMAN, Editor-in-Chief
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