Newspaper ‘increases user-generated content’ on website
One of the most popular newspaper websites in the UK has prioritised user generated content in its new redesign.
Increased provision of user’s comments and usage of blogs were both noted by E-consultancy in its review of the Daily Mail’s site overhaul.
Links to "top blogs" and "more prominen[t]" comments sections were both found to be new developments at Dailymail.co.uk.
Aesthetically, the site has received a radical overhaul - with new landing page management leading to a "less cluttered" look and more white space, allowing users to focus on selected stories more easily.
However, e-consultancy flagged up the slow loading speed of some web pages as a potential problem for the newspaper.
Further suggestions for improvement also included the adding of subsections on its navigaition options - allowing users to find story clusters in individual sections more easily.
