The layout of a website plays an important role in the use of that website. Although both are search engines and very popular websites, Yahoo and Google are totally different from each other. Yahoo’s layout is a very bold, bright and complex. When you first open up its webpage you see pictures, videos, news stories, games, graphics, email, and the box for the search engine. To some it is exciting, informative, and interesting. To others Yahoo is cluttered, unorganized, and has too much information. When you visit Google’s homepage it is organized with a few links at the top, just one picture, and the search box. Google website is considered organized, simple, and well thought out. However to some, Google’s layout is boring, too simplistic, and not as informative as Yahoo. The applications and links to both search engines are also very different. I think that the importance of an organized website is an important factor to a successful website. It helps to lead the eye from one direction to another and makes it more fast and effective. Yahoo, although contains a lot of information is too cluttered all on one page. It’s hard to follow from link to link because they are scattered everywhere with pictures and text. Google on the other hand is more broken apart and the information is arranged according to links. All the links are stationed at the top of the page and just one click on a certain category can take you to the information you want. When designing a webpage it is best to think about what is going to be easier on the audience to read and navigate through the page. If the website looks unorganized it could be confusing and irritating. Although Yahoo is still a popular search engine, it is not as successful as the simplistic yet efficient Google.
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