Best and Worst of the Internet

	Site Name	Color choices	Typography uses	Audience appeal	Communication value	Overall page look and feel
Best Sites	Disney                          http://disney.com/	The white background is very clean looking. The top of the site is colored to go with the current feature (frozen.)	Headings are black which pops nicely off the white background. Descriptions are dark gray. Links are blue so it is easy to tell what is clickable.	The site definitely has an appeal for kids. There are videos from various Disney shows and pictures of characters.	The most important information is featured at the top. There are a few of each category on the main page videos, games, characters, etc.) with links to others. Everything is very easily accessible.	Overall the site is very neat and organized. It is easy to peruse and browse, but also easy find information. It’s simple form and layout make it aesthetically pleasing for someone who hates clutter, like I do.
	Tumblr       http://www.tumblr.com/dashboard	The dark blue background is basic and has become iconic with Tumblr. Each individual blog has a different theme and those vary wildly.	Typography varies from blog to blog, but the main site has easy to read font in a light blue that contrasts well on the dark blue background. Main headings are white, which pop right off the page.	Because it is a blogging platform there is a wide audience that Tumblr appeals to. The basic layout caters to everybody and does not target one demographic.	There is a side dashboard that allows for easy navigation of the site and allows visitors to easily get to the information they want. On the dashboard the most recent information appears on top.	The feel is calming and simple. There aren’t too many things to focus on and the pages are clutter free!
	Atari Arcade http://atari.com/arcade#!/arcade/atari-promo	The background is black with Atari red accents. It’s a stunning color combination.	Text is blocky and easy to read. It is light gray, which is easy to read, and it turns red when scrolled over, making it easy to see where you are clicking.	This site was definitely designed for people who love video games. The site itself looks like a video game. I’m sure that was on purpose.	The homepage is SO COOL. The right side is empty and up the left side is a 3-D rotating wheel of games. The site gets its point across with no distractions.	I am enthralled by this site. The design is awesome. That factor alone makes me want to spend time on this site.
	BBC News       http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/	The site has a white background with a  BBC red header. Videos have orange captions. The lack of crazy colors focus attention on the news/content.	Text on black is white and on the white background is black. Everything clickable (which is a lot) is blue. There are many different sizes of text depending on importance.	The site has feature news stories. It could appeal to many different kinds of people in Great Brittan and elsewhere in the world.	There are multiple navigation bars across the top of the page. Top stories rotate through the top and decrease in importance/ timeliness as you go down the page, i.e. the most important information is “above the fold.”	It is a very professional looking site. There are hard lines and clean cut boxes.
	Site Name	Color choices	Typography uses	Audience appeal	Communication value	Overall page look and feel
Worst Sites	Sixties Press http://www.sixtiespress.co.uk/	The background is swirly and distracting. The colors on the page do not go together at all.	The headings are bright colors on black, which looks awful. The text is tons of different colors, fonts, and sizes with no foreseeable rhyme or reason.	I’m so distracted by everything that I don’t even know what this website is for. There is a picture at the bottom of the page that  doesn’t work and there is a picture filer icon in it’s place. Unprofessional looking.	There is somewhat of a navigation bar at the top. But everything else is totally jumbled.	The overall look and feel is absolutely ridiculous. It looks like a fourth grader with ADHD that just learned how to use a computer designed this site.
	Norton        http://us.norton.com/	The site is white background with yellow and light grey accents to match the product.	This is the biggest issue with the site. The text is light grey which is not easy to read on the white background.	Everyone uses computers are needs anti-virus, so the product appeals to everyone.	There is a header with navigation tabs and a scrolling feature box at the top. It’s hard to read specific information because of the colors.	The site looks pretty nice. It isn’t too cluttered. I had to increase the brightness on my computer to be able to read it though.
	Pine-sol      http://www.pinesol.com/	There are like 27 different colors on this homepage. It kind of all works together, but it is a lot for my brain to handle.	The text is in all capital letters, which bothers me. It is easy to read. The headings are white and different shades of the color box they are in, which again, is too many colors.	The site looks like it is trying to market to pre-teen girls with bright neon colors. The product itself appeals to many people.	They are throwing so much information at me at one time I don’t know where to look. I skim the page and still have no idea what is going on.	This site is way too busy and cluttered. It’s like they tried to put every piece of information they wanted to convey on their homepage with no adjoining pages.
	Chester Tourist http://www.chestertourist.com/morehotels.htm	The background is black with some kind of dark grey design. The text is white. There is an awkward bright purple box in the middle of the page that doesn’t match at all.	The text is too small and in a font that makes it more difficult to read. The navigation bar has even smaller text.	I am turned off by this site and wouldn’t look at the business because of the bad web design.	This site links to a lot of other websites and I’m not really sure where to look or where to find information because there is so much going on.	The overall look is just cluttered. There is too much text and too much going on.