Website Post #2: Content

For most people, they are looking for most relevant and up to date information when they go to a website. The book refers to this as Hierarchy. I believe SMH has structured this hierarchy extremely well.

Underneath the headline story is a bar of breaking news tag lines. These headlines are accompanied by the time of their submission. This includes the second it was submitted also. This is important to point out the relevance of the story. I think SMH fails to be a completely reliable source for breaking news. This is understandable, it is primarily a national based newscast with a 'world' section, it is not however a world news site with a national section.

For me, the SMH is a good news read because of the diversity it offers. I know that if i go there I will not just be shown the same stories which have been most popular throughout the country and world. There are horizontal bars which are mostly just a thumbnail image which are usually opinion or analysis articles.

Impressive also, is the use a of a horizontal bar at the bottom of the page which includes the header of 5 Australian news sites and underneath them ranks their top stories for the day. This is a great way to look and see what stories are important to other people all around the country.