Posted on Apr 8, 2009 06:18:15 AM
Wikio is basically a search engine with which an individual can find blogs and news. It allows users to submit a website or write a news. Wikio serves as a platform where a user can follow news from a particular website or can look for news available about a particular issue on every website on wikio.
Wikio was created by Pierre Chappaz in 2006. Chappaz is also popular for creatin kelkoo.The office of wikio is based in luxemborg and has startup capital of around 1,666,175 euros.
Posted on Apr 7, 2009 08:47:41 AM
Business.com was initiated as search engine for businesses in 1999 with founders like Mcgraw hill. This website has prospered in this sector.
With categories ranging from business travel to transportation and internet on its homepage, business .com is a search engine for all business needs. This website is targeted for business to business consumers.
Business.com comes in very crisp white background with a search toolbar on the top for searching any businesses. Medium sized fonts in blue colors adds professional outlook of the website. To simplify the task of searching various sections are mentioned on the homepage which leads to other page specifying the particular category making it easier for user to search for the specific content. Another interesting thing to notice in this website is popular business directories and business how to’s in the bottom of the website which makes interesting and useful content for any visitor of the website.
Posted on Mar 25, 2009 06:46:34 AM
National geographic society is a non profit scientific and educational institution ,headquartered in washington d.c. national geographic is working in archaeology, natural sciences and geography. Study of history and world culture and promotion of historical conservation also comes in the domains of national geographic. National geographic .com is the online face of this society.
National geographic is a cult. Its website do full justice with the name. Hazy gray gradient background merging in white gives a feeling of mystery being unfolded. Seal of national geographic in watermark represents the iconic identity of national geographic society. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on Mar 21, 2009 04:52:33 AM
Person-to-Person payment mechanism is the most essential feature of the website. The function of this kind of a service is to allow any user with a valid email address transfer funds to another user with the same. The first and foremost requirement is to register the account and add some funds to the balance.
Homepage of site comes in soothing and very serious beige color which gives a professional look to the website. Use of mediums size fonts in black color adds to the professional yet friendly look of the website. There are blue colored sub titles with links on the main page. All the contents on the main page are properly visible and are soothing to the eye. For a layman website offers description about its services in very easy and readable formats.
Posted on Mar 16, 2009 04:27:59 AM
MediLexicon International Ltd owns the website, medical news today. This company has its headquarters both at UK and Mexico. As the name suggests it is a website for health and medical news. And that’s not it, it’s the largest one and is updated by some 80 articles per day. Also it has two Sister sites, Medilexicon.com and Hospitalsworldwide.com a searchable database of hospitals throughout the world.
Posted on Mar 12, 2009 07:07:23 AM
Dsc.discovery is the online facade of discovery channel which is US based satellite and Cable Television Company. This channel primarily features documentary programs based on popular sciences, history and technology. The website contains details and schedules of TV shows, videos of the shows, news, blogs, games etc related to this channel.
Design of this website is simple yet crisp. Blue, white and gray makes the combination which gives a mystic effect to the homepage. Navigation bar on the top includes logo of discovery channel along with links to other channel of discovery network. Navigation bar also contains link to other sections like TV shows, to schedules, news, videos, games etc.
Posted on Mar 9, 2009 03:54:16 AM
Sitepoint is online platform of sitepoints pty. Ltd which was established back in 1999 by Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz. Sitepoint is basically an online media company that targets web professional and web developers. This website provides information about softwares , coding languages, designing tools, tutorials and latest developments around the world that are sought after by Professionals.
Sitepoint has white background which gives it a very professional look. Navigation bar on the top in dark blue color contains link to other pages including articles, books, kits, videos, blogs, contests, market place etc. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on Mar 6, 2009 03:07:34 AM
Incredible India is a website launched by tourism department of government of India under its campaign to promote India as a hot tourist destination. This campaign was designed by Ogilvy and Mather in 2002.
India is a beautiful country famous for its diversity and traditions. India is sometimes described as a rainbow containing different hues which compliment its beauty in all. Incredibleindia looks like a colorful bouquet of flowers. Grey form the background of homepage with orange as the main color of website. Use of various colors make website very bright and interesting. Flash animation on the top with amazing pictures of various locations of India leaves you mesmerized.
A drop down menu on the top with sections like news room ,know India, help desk and language sites contains almost everything which you may want to know while visiting a website containing information about tourism in India.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009 02:21:16 AM
Allrecipes is a virtual kitchen to quench your hunger. Allrecipes.com is a website for both people who are good cooks and the beginners. It is basically a website which helps one to find a recipe of any dish and the related information.
Snapshots of some yummy dishes, use of vibrant colors, contrasting white and orange and yellow makes it overall a very attractive website to look at. Also, not just that, it stands true to its name, it has everything and all recipes. One’s search never gets unanswered or unsatisfied.
The popular collections section consists of a menu in which there are different courses are defined for example appetizers, chicken recipes, cookies etc. which makes searching so easy and fast. Just below the header there is tab section in which different options are provided to the user i.e. Recipe Exchange, Budget cooking which helps a user to to exchange or plan a diet according to his budget. Features like ‘the most popular dish’ and ‘the cook of the week’ makes Allrecipes different from other cooking websites.
Posted on Mar 4, 2009 04:04:03 AM
Reddit is a website where users can post social news through links available on the web which can be voted by other users. On the basis of this voting a news is displayed on the homepage. A news getting more votes can be on the homepage and viewed by users of this site.
Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman founded it in 2005. These people were studying in University of Virginia. The company that initially formed was name NOT A BUG which was acquired by Conde Nast Publications, owner of Wired, on 31st October 2006.
Website has a white background with news in blue color fonts. The top bar of the website is in dull blue as well. On the top of this bar there are links to various sections dedicated to particular type of news any user may want to vote submit or read including politics, Pics, funny, programming, world news etc. These links are called sub reddits.
