I’ve come to realize that the textbooks are easier for me to understand than many of the websites I have to peruse for this class. Could it be that the textbooks assume you don’t know anything and the websites are very technologically-oriented?
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers provides information about domain names and is in many different languages. Links to pages appear across the top and left side of the page, so it is easy to jump around.
Internet Traffic Report is an up-to-date site that measures the speed of Internet connections worldwide. It measures speed in milliseconds.
Internet World Stats has you scroll down long pages to get graphs, pie charts, and links. The pages are divided into three columns: the right and left are striped blue, and the center column contains the information.
CAIDA Internet Infrastructure Each page has different color bars for headings, but all have the CAIDA logo. Emphasis is on content, so there isn’t any graphics except the logo and heading type.
Pew (non-profit research center) The homepage has three columns; the middle column has a light background color. The menu appears on every page; surfers don’t need to use the back button to get to the homepage, they just click on the page they want to see next. The layout is well-organized, and the site is updated daily. This site is good for political and current news research and trends.
Nielson Net Ratings (private research center) The site uses shades of blue in its menu backgrounds. Main menu is horizontal on the top and the submenu runs vertically along the left side. Website creators can measure demographics of users.