Showing posts with label websites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label websites. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

What's Your Web Site's Personality?

Can you describe your web site's personality?  The Web Manager's Academy at Computers in Libraries 2011 distributed a handout based on William Slawski's blog post What Kind of Personality Does Your Website Have?  Based on each, here are a selection of questions to ask of your site.

FEEL
  • Is it cold or warm and welcoming?
  • Does it attempt to evoke emotions in visitors or persuade them with facts?
  • Is it cooperative or competitive?
  • Is it responsive to questions, to criticism, to praise?
  • Is it more like a peer talking to you directly or like a parent lecturing you?
RELEVANCE
  • Is it inviting for first time visitors?  Why?
  • Does it provide reasons for people to return?  How?
  • Does it change over time, of is it fixed and unchanging?
AUDIENCE
  • Is it written for a male, female or general audience?
  • Does it speak to a younger crowd or and older group?
DESIGN
  • Is it innovative in scope or design?
  • Is it innovative in what it offers?
  • Is it graceful in design or practical in appearance?
FOCUS
  • Is its focus upon the benefits it offers users?
  • Is its focus on the features of the organization to which it belongs?

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Time's Top 10 Websites

Scroll through a page-by-page listing with descriptions at
Time Magazine's Top 10 Websites (2007).

The winners are:
  1. Lemonade.com
  2. AskSunday.com
  3. Wink.com
  4. TeachPresident.com
  5. Goodreads.com
  6. MenuPages.com
  7. Don'tForgetYourToothbrush.com
  8. VolunteerMatch.com
  9. Fatsecret.com
  10. Indeed.com