Wednesday 28 November 2012

News website research

Here on the BBC News website we see a block format used with a headline for the article and a sentence or two form the article used to give key information on the article. this is effective because as well as getting the important information about the news story this structure also allows the user to decide on which article to read at a glance. Another useful feature of this structure is being able to put the bigger stories at the top of the page and can also show the more recent stories.
Here on the Sky News website there is a very interesting feature. at the bottom of the page a 'Breaking News' banner which updates immediatley showing the most recent stories and links to a full article. Although this is a very interesting mechanic I dont think it is siutable for our website.
Here on the ITV News website a different format is used. This website semms to divide the web page in two, the top of the page shows the latest news stories with a headline underneath. the second part of the page has a hub in which the user can click on news titles for a full news story but the first tab has a page called 'Live News Stream.' This updates immediately with the most recent news story.

Thabani

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