The three blogs I chose to compare/contrast were Gizmodo, Jezebel, and The Daily Beast. Jezebel and Gizmodo have almost the exact same layout, except for fonts. The Daily Beast actually looks like an in-detail blog.
Gizmodo has a plain white background, so it’s boring to look at. Their headlines are all bolded, but lowercase, so it draws your eye to them but doesn’t over-power the blog itself. It has headlines such as “Helsinki Blasted Out an Underground Lake to Cool Its Buildings With,” “NASA’s Next-Generation Orion Space Capsule is ready for Riders,” and something about a chocolate teapot that can hold boiling water without totally melting.
It states the name of the blog at the top and then has all of the subheadings underneath it, so you can click on the blog post that interests you to read it. There’s also a second column that lets you look at the popular stories featured on the site. There’s also a “Trending on Related Blogs” blurb that let’s you know what is trending on similar blogs like Gizmodo.
Jezebel has pretty much the same layout: Two columns, one stating the popular stories and the other stating the name of the blog and the subheadings underneath.
It also has a basic white background, so it’s not so cool to look at either. It gets pretty boring pretty fast. Unless you see an article you like, then it’s not really all of that interesting. It caters to “Celebrity, Sex, and Fashion for Women. Without Airbrushing,” so that’s an interesting topic for most women. Unless you like to read about sports or something, then which I don’t think this blog is for you.
The Daily Beast is probably the one I would choose out of the three. It’s background is also white, but the layout has three columns instead of two so there’s less white space in the background. It covers everything from politics, to books, to entertainment and world news. it also has a cool name.
The layout is much more appealing to look out, also. There are pictures to look at and the title of the blog is surrounded by a black background which catches the eye. It’s interesting to look at because it isn’t boring. If you scroll down, it subheads all of the main topics, like entertainment, politics, books, etc. There’s a small box you can click under each that says “See All,” if you’d like to see the rest of the category information. The other two blogs did not have that. Nor did they have any pictures.
So, out of the three, I would definitely choose The Daily Beast as my favorite to look at.
Katy Robbins 