A Look at Redesigned Mainstream News Sites

Read/WriteWeb's Josh Catone reviews the new designs for USAToday.com, CNN.com and AOL News, specifically looking at how they're incorporating Web 2.0 functionality.

My feeling is that while CNN likely has the most attractive and professional-looking site (they could certainly win some web 2.0 design awards), USA Today has social media down cold. The fact that their users have embraced commenting and rating on news stories so vigorously, so quickly such that every day there are at least two or three stories with in excess of 200 comments is amazing and an affirmation of a tactic that has clearly paid off. However, interestingly, in contrast to what the anecdotal evidence would seem to suggest, USA Today has seen a huge drop off in traffic since their redesign went live in March according to Compete. It's too early to tell how the new site designs will impact readership on CNN and AOL News.

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