Web site of the day

For this assignment, I analyized the Denver Post web site. I like this web site because it gives you everything to know what’s going on in Colorado and around the country.

It is a very modern Web site, utilizating 2.0 technology and uses a tab organization system. The home page looks similar to other newspaper sites in design style. But they are smart and know what their customers are looking for and the Web site delivers early and prominently. There is a picture up top, with the main story. The top story is regional because they know the local people will be more likely to go to this Web site. The Denver Post is a national paper, so their audience is mostly regional.

There are breaking news headlines at the top and the top stories are all regional. They are regional because they know the local people will be more likely to go to this Web site. The Denver Post is not a national paper, so their audience is mostly regional. I think that’s really sharp.

The homepage is full of interactive material. There are videos, polls, slideshows and photo galleries. There is a search box at the top of the home page. I especially liked, as I went through different pages, that most of the stories written by their own reporters and didn’t rely too much on wire services.

There were some things I didn’t like. There is so much information on every page that I found it overwhelming.  I was also surprised that they still had last year’s election results and stories up on the site.  It was one of the subtabs under politics. I also saw other places where the page linked to stories at least two years old.

I would recommend archiving old articles into one area. A lot of Web sites actually charge to see or print old articles. I would also reduce the simple amount of text and links on every page. Personally I think it’s too much on one page. I also thought that ad were in odd places and were odd sizes.

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