Friday, February 02, 2007
LATimes.com
Since the launch of MyLATimes last week, I have visited the Los Angeles Times home page more often the past nine days than I have over the last fifteen years.
The Times home page reminded me of America Online, lots of information to go through before finding what you really want. I did not last long with AOL, since all I really wanted was Internet access, not bulletin boards and a heavy dose of advertising.
Tonight as I scrolled down the Times home page I was pleased to see the blogs listed in the second column, with a link to all the blogs the newspaper offers online. I’m no expert at navigating the web, but I do have two decades experience online. As I complained last week of not being able to locate the Steve Lopez Blog (Bottleneck), what are the new Internet users experiencing, besides frustration?
As the Times online edition evolves to a place users find easy to navigate, without popup advertising, many will select this as their homepage when they log onto the Internet.
The Times home page reminded me of America Online, lots of information to go through before finding what you really want. I did not last long with AOL, since all I really wanted was Internet access, not bulletin boards and a heavy dose of advertising.
Tonight as I scrolled down the Times home page I was pleased to see the blogs listed in the second column, with a link to all the blogs the newspaper offers online. I’m no expert at navigating the web, but I do have two decades experience online. As I complained last week of not being able to locate the Steve Lopez Blog (Bottleneck), what are the new Internet users experiencing, besides frustration?
As the Times online edition evolves to a place users find easy to navigate, without popup advertising, many will select this as their homepage when they log onto the Internet.
Labels: Blogs, Los Angeles Times, MyLATimes, Online
posted by Ed Padgett |
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