Jun
29
AOL recently launched a redesigned version of AOL News that combines news, AOL Programming, and social news features in an innovative new blog format. The new homepage features top news stories delivered in a blog-like format that lets users vote and comment on each story.
They also provide a list of stories that are generating the most user interest, including most popular and most commented-on stories, along with user-submitted news.
“News habits have changed, and AOL News is the first site designed from the ground up to appeal to today’s online news consumer,” said Lewis D’Vorkin, SVP of AOL News & Sports. “Unlike other news portal sites, AOL News leverages the increasingly popular blog format, drawing on a wide range of news sources to provide consumers quick access to the top stories and related pictures, videos and polls. We believe that AOL News will set the standard for other major online news sites.”
So, we now have a major news outlet trying to replicate the look and feel of a blog to deliver your daily news. I think this demonstrates just how influential blogging has become and it will be interesting to see if other news outlets follow suit.
Source: Media Week
ahhh … reminds me of CNN … lol … ok but it looks very good !
About time they started cleaning up some things around there!
Darin
I agree….it looks great and very ‘bloggy’ looking…We’re takin over the world
I’m not sure if I like it. When I go out searching for news I really only want to see the headlines and determine if I want to read it or not.
Of course, very rarely actually look at blogs - only to comment (speaking of which, a plugin for Firefox that provided the ability to read and submit comments in Google Reader would be the shit).
The only time I ever visit a blog and scroll through the posts is if I actually want to visualize the blog chronologically. If I’m visiting a new blog and want to see how often they post or if they stick to a specific niche.
For news… I think Yahoo or Google News fit my needs - highlight a few of the top news, but for the most part - headline me.
excellent layout and colours, i like it!
I think companies will only increase the amount of attention they pay to the social networking aspects of their online presence.
User-generated content and online communities are growing at a phenomenal rate and are only set to become more influential in the future. Perhaps AOL is recognising this trend.
- Martin Reed