Newspaper Website Analysis

Homepage

 Croydon Advertisers home page is very informative as it allows the audience to choose from numerous different headline stories. It has numerous interactive features, for example if the mouse hovers over a story it introduces that particular story in the main box. It also features a slide show of features within the website.

Information on the homepage is short and concise as it is introductory information for the audience to go into the website further to view

The website has a clear structure , with a particularly large masthead in the top left hand corner , and the navigation bar is clearly laid out with the user being able to choose an option from numerous choices.

The website also boasts features of having a search bar and in addition , a member login , for regular users to access.

Text size seems to be quite small and a user with impaired eyesight may struggle to see the text.

In terms of advertisements throughout the website , the main focus seems to be on  jobs and properties and there are few of these.




Main story on homepage



Large headline 

Use of a central main image

Comments section for readers to share their opinion

Croydon Advertiser uses links along side the page to other stories

Croydon Guardian Home page

The Croydon Guardian website is well structured as it works within three invisible lines working from north to south.
Offers a clear navigation bar which has numerous features which would be very informative to the audience.
In terms of photos on the home page , there is a photo  for each sub headline throughout the home page.

Croydon Guardian Main story

Croydon Guardian uses several links to other stories

Use of  a main image

Structure at the top of the page remains the same as from the home page and remains the same throughout every page

No adverts used in these pages

South London Press Home page

Clear masthead at the top of the page

Use of numerous conventions that would be associated with a website

Informative and clearly laid out stories

Use of photos kept to a minimum on the homepage

Clear home colours used throughout the website

Use of numerous adverts

South London Press Main story

Structure is kept the same on this page just like on the homepage

Home colour of blue is kept consistent

Use of large photo

Comments section

Adverts used along the side