ZoomConcept Reviews
Minor Problem on http://www.infonary.com 1 Some of these links are confusing, as they don't make it clear that this site is about news. For example, Top Searches seems like a section about Search Engines. I would rename them to "Top News Searches" and "News by country" etc. 2 It's great that you let people search by news source. But are people going to use it? Perhaps this should be one of the options to drop in order to lower the overload of choice. 3 The ad is not clearly marked out and it is easy to mistake it for content. The ads also tend to jump out more than the site logo. Serious Problem on http://www.infonary.com 1 The font choice is poor and does not make the text very readable. Check out websites like BBC.co.uk and theguardian.com for inspiration on how to handle fonts. Critical Problem on http://www.infonary.com 1 The tag line explains the purpose of the site, but it is far too weak. It gets lost amongst the logo, breaking news and the ad. 2 Having Horoscopes as the second link is bad choice, as it obscures the fact this site is about news. Positive Feature on http://www.infonary.com 1 Good grid structure. Nice and clear without being overwhelming. New Idea on http://www.infonary.com 1 The search box stands out too much and so unbalances the pages. It is quite distracting. It's also creates confusion about the sites purpose. If the site is for people to browse news, then why is such a priority given to search? Summary:
This website has a strong grid structure, which helps greatly with organising content. This is a huge plus given the mass of content on offer.
The site also offers a number of different ways to view content. For example, you can view by country, by news source or by top searches.
Unfortunately, this wealth of choice is part of the problem with the site - There are far too many choices, so its hard to know which to select first.
This problem is made worse by the fact that the content is hidden away. You have to click on the links to access it. Generally, content should be used to entice people to click on links. As this site has no enticement, I think a lot of people just wont bother clicking on this links.
Another problem is that the branding on the site is very weak. It's not instantly clear what the site is about. The font choice doesn't help with things, especially as it's very similar to the fonts found on domain squatting pages.
I would definitely check out http://www.msn.com/. It's not the most ground breaking site in the world, but it does do a good job of posting interesting teaser content to entice people to click on the links. There's also quite a strong brand identity - you instantly know what the site is about.
I would also look at this article on data tables. It contains several good examples of how to make information standout (the article is about data tables but the principles would apply to your website).
One side note: The ability to create edit/pages is confusing. It's not clear at all that the site offers this service. It's also not clear what the benefits would be to the end user.
Critical Problem Spacing Problems
You should take care for the spacing and alignments, for say top searches and refresh new are not aligned. The spacing between the icons and text in both links. The spacing between the Title "USA Today" and there points. If you move down you will find lot of same problems with spacing and aliments. Kindly correct it.Lines Used
The lines used after each points are too heavy. In one look I find lots of line, it would be better if you use light tone dotted linesSearch button
The search button look out of design. It is not at all jelly with design. Same applies for "News by Country" drop down.Space can be used under bottom ad
There is lot of white space under bottom ad it can be used of some quick linksPositive Feature This can be a good SEO friendly site
This quite obvious the there are too many text, it the SEO is done carefully it can rank top. I used "Carefully" because most of the content is dynamic, so it should in very good manner.Summary:
great work
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Critical Problem Usefulness
Is the application useful to me? Yes, but also the site does not give me anything new so I would want to use it on a daily basis. I think it would help (on the design aspect) to enlarge/emphasize interesting news... interesting for me that is so I would want to stay on the site.New Idea Categories
Were you able to understand the communication and what it has to offer? I think there is too much news in one page. I understand that what it has to offer is to give a "digest" of news sites but how can you present it in a way that I would actually be interested in the news? see news.yahoo.com - this page captures someone's attention through categorizing news. They group news articles through their interest category and not just their sources.
