Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Good and the Ugly

Lets start with the ugly.
The website http://www.havenworks.com/ is a really bad one in my opinion. (I actually found the site by going to http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/.) There are many things that I don't like, but here are the top 4.

  1. The colors used are atrocious and obnoxious.
  2. After spending time looking at the site, I'm still not sure what the main purpose is. It obviously has a great deal of political content and seems to be biased towards promoting the Democratic Party. But what is the reason that the website exists? I don't know.
  3. It is very cluttered and unorganized.
  4. The pages are too long.

Now for the good.

A website that I like is http://www.upmc.com/. I've been to this site often while researching knee injuries. What I like about this site:

  1. The site contains a tremendous amount of information. Everything from directions to their different facilities to educational videos. But it is very easy to navigate around.
  2. The site is updated often. As I said previously, I've been researching knee injuries and have been to the site several times over the last year. It seems like every time I visit, something has been added. (They have even kept up with the construction in Pittsburgh when posting directions!)
  3. All of the pages load quickly, even the informational videos.

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