The News Aggregators

Each day in class this week, I have been introduced to new things. Yesterday was the Drudge Report and the Huffington Post. While I honestly don't know that much about either of the sites, they both seem to share at least a few things in common. Firstly they are both news sites that offer up a variety of new information to the public, both starting with a major headline. However, when first visiting the Drudge Report their major headline didn't seem as "in your face" as the Huffington Post. The Drudge Report's layout also appeared to be a little less organized and professional looking as the Huffington Post. Another common factor between the sites that I noticed was that they both displayed advertisements somewhat equally throughout the page. The Drudge Report starts with one at the very top, and the Huffington Post has one right after its title. A major difference that I noted between the two news sites was that the Drudge Report offered links to stories written by other news outlets, whereas the Huffington Post posted articles on their page. I found the organizational layout of the Drudge Report was a little more difficult to follow, and that the Huffington Post's layout tried to direct the reader's eyes to the articles they felt were most important. Most of the headlines that I clicked on seemed to have stories that followed, but one could clearly tell that both sites made headlines stand out that they felt were most important. After reviewing both, the Drudge Report seemed to be a little more conservative but I did find similarities in both.