Web Olympics Project:
Good and Bad Publication/Information Pages

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Group: The Couch Potatoes

Mtv online
Score: 10

What we liked:

• plays quicktime videos
• excellent sound
• clear, quality graphics
• diverse and thorough information

NBA on NBC
Score:9

What we liked:

• well-organized, readable
• exciting graphics
• provides links to all NBA teams and their schedules
• feature stories/news covering NBA

The Mission:Impossible Home Page
Score: 8

What we liked:

• easy to navigate
• thorough links
• quality sound
• abundant information

The Greatest Simpsons page Ever Made
Score:3

What we disliked:

• shameless self-advertisement for creator
• minimal information
• merely a demonstration of creator's technological knowledge
• no Simpson's links

Beywatch
Score: 1

What we disliked:

• just plain dumb
• show was recently cancelled
• c'mon-it's Richard Bey!
• and he has a fan club!

The Incredible Hulk
Score: 3

What we disliked:

• just good sound
• no real information
• no links
• He got mad!

Group: Two guys and three girls

People Magazine
Score:10

What we liked:

• video clips
• photos and stories
• no downloading time
• multiple links

Travel and Leisure Magazine
Score:9.5

What we liked:

• Panaramic View
• Useful for travel
• Well organized information
• Good graphics

Entertainment Weekly
Score: 9.5

What we liked:

• Entertaining
• Informative-Current and past
• Variety of links
• Visually appealing

Bingo Bugle
Score:3

What we disliked:

• It's about bingo
• It has a bingo chat room
• It has a bingo advice column
• It's about bingo

Genetics Institute,Inc.
Score: 2.5

What we disliked:

• Too much text
• Not visually appealing
• No video or audio
• Overall not very interesting

Idaho Hall of Fame
Score: 0

What we disliked:

• very text oriented
• basically a list of famous Idahoans
• few links or graphics
• boooring

Group: PANDEMONIOUS PAGERS

Charlotte Observer
Score: 9

What we liked:

• Great organization
• Many links to other news sources

The Free Lance-Star
Score:8

What we liked:

• Clearly laid out
• Consistency
• Laden of information

Dir Deine Meinung!"
Score: 7

What we liked:

• Great use of color
• Language options

The Dutch Courier Pty.Ltd.
Score:1 at best

What we disliked:

• Very bland
• Too much open space
• Not very many articles

St. Petersburg Times
Score: 2

What we disliked:

• Terrible home page
• Very few stories
• Lack of innovation
• Photos in black and white

The Herald-Sun
Score: 2

What we disliked:

• Need glasses to read words
• NO pictures
• Very poor color
• Format sucks

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