The site that I am looking at is the popular Social Media News Blog, Mashable. Overall, I like their site a lot. It is easy to read, has plenty of multimedia and is informative.
The usability of the site is very effective. The main page lists the most recent articles, but you can also click “trending” and find the most popular articles. Popularity is measured in a number of ways including facebook mentions and retweets. This method of ranking sites is very effective and gets the best news "organically" rather than by an editor deciding.
The design is good. I believe a good design doesn’t distract from the webpage and this one does that very well. It is simple clean and allows for interactivity and expansion.
There is a risk of going overboard with widgets. There is a lot of different things happening on the website, but overall I think it is a great site.
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