Analysis Of Web Sites (youtube)

I have chosen to look at four different types of website that i most commonly use. I have chosen to analyse

1. http://www.youtube.com/
2. http://www.msn.com/
3. http://www.nme.com/
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/

I decided to look at the website youtube first because of its interactive side. The fact that you can watch videos, create and upload your own videos onto this site and have your own account is something that is a major part in web design today.

I screen grabbed an image of youtube so that i could look at it more carefully. I found that the website follows the same principals through out.

This web site continuously keeps to the same rectangular layout to keep the structure of it easy to use and create and also makes it less muddled and squashed up which enables the user to use the site easily.
The text and typography of the website is very simple and easy to read. It also has an interactive element to the text. for example some of the text on this web site it highlighted in blue whcih gives you and indication that it is a link to another part of the site.

The usability of youtube is very good as it is very simple to use and allows you to browse and search for your own material.