Research is the most important part of any development process as it tells the designer what people want and what they don’t, for this the questionnaires worked very well and the feedback was positive. Therefore the project is still on course.

As I have decided to tap into the news market that is already established I decided that the best course of action would be to evaluate some existing news websites that may give me some ideas of how to go about presenting the content that I have written.

The websites that I looked at were:

- www.bbc.co.uk
- www.cnn.com
- www.foxnews.com
- http://news.yahoo.com___##0##___ - www.skynews.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk - Simple Layout, Search capabilities, Weather reports, Pictures, Easy-on-the-eye Colours, No large headings, Achieve.

www.cnn.com - Cluttered (Most US sites are), good use of headlines, Banners aren’t good, Bland colour scheme. Good selection of news (US and World), Kids may not understand the content.

www.foxnews.com - Much like CNN. Bland colours, busy interface, good selection of headlines, Lots going on and not kids friendly at all.

http://news.yahoo.com - good use of interface, headlines spaced out, search capabilities, video footage, good use of external links.

http://news.sky.com - Simple, Banners everywhere! Not good, good interface, clear and to the point.

With each of these websites I looked at I made sure that I made notes on the first page of every site within the Appendix. They are labelled Appendix 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

After studying and looking at how they display the information, I was able to understand what was needed for my project to be a success.

Some of the areas that I feel I must look into more closely include:

- Colours
- Headlines (Eye-catching, noticeable)
- Use of pictures and colours
- Content (Easy-to-read, simple, to the point!)

I thought about having a chat room or forum placed within the website but felt that will all the concerns with child safety I decided against that idea.