The document analyzes and compares the designs of several websites for at-home moms. For the site http://www.athomemoms.com, it recommends using spacing better to improve readability, adding breadcrumb navigation and a detailed sitemap footer. It also suggests clarifying benefits on the advertising page. The analysis finds http://www.wahm.com visually appealing and notes helpful features like help text, article categories/blog, forums, and detailed footer navigation. While http://www.ratracerebellion.com's design is less appealing, it highlights useful elements like job categories and an FAQ section. http://www.remoteemployment.com is praised for its clear introduction/calls

1. Website Analysis for
http://www.athomemoms.com/

2. Section 1: Design
Analysis.
Use of Spacing
Since this website has many
sections and a lot of content,
the spacing can be used in a
better fashion so that the
information displays in a more
easy to read manner and the
page does not look cluttered.
In the slide on the right hand
side we have shown by using
black areas the spacing that
could have been put to use.

3. Navigation
Current Navigation
Suggested Navigation

4. Breadcrumbs
We suggest adding breadcrumb navigation on all pages to make it easier
for the website users to go back to the previous pages.

5. Footer: Detailed sitemap style
Current footer
Suggested footer

6. Important Pages
Important pages such as
advertise us page should
have the benefits of
advertising on the website
more clearly explained,
have sign up forms on the
same page and have
effective call to actions.

7. Competition Analysis
Website:
http://www.wahm.com/
The overall design of the
website is visually appealing
although not perfectly user
friendly.
Mentioned below are some
distinct features of this
website.

8. http://www.wahm.com/
Help text
Right on of the most
noticeable areas of the home
page, the website provides a
very clear indication of how to
use the website. Considering
that this website has a lot of
sections, this is a very user
friendly feature that will help
website users not to fell lost.

9. http://www.wahm.com
Article Categories and
Blog
Placing the articles in
categories is a good way of
organizing them. It lets the
users to choose the articles
topics/categories they want to
read rather then having them
look for articles belonging in
different topics from one
articles list.
In the blog they have articles
that are more informal and
less in word count.
Comments option makes the
website more interactive.

10. http://www.wahm.com
Forums
Having a forum on the
website makes the website
more interactive and adds a
new avenue for placing
adverts.

11. http://www.wahm.com
Jobs Postings
The Jobs postings are
presented in a very organized
way. The box shown on the
right are featured postings
and below this box are the
normal postings.

12. http://www.wahm.com
Job Search
A search widget that allows
you to search specific jobs in
specific locations is a very
helpful feature. This site uses
a third party script from
indeed

13. http://www.wahm.com
Footer Navigation
The footer navigation is very
well presented and organized
under different headings.
Having a detailed footer
navigation makes it easy for
the users to navigate the site
as they do not every time
have to scroll up to the top or
side navigation bars to refer
to the site index.

14. Analysis of
http://www.ratracerebelli
on.com/
The overall design of the
website is not very visually
appealing but there are
some features that the
website has that are very
user friendly that are
mentioned below.

15. www.ratracerebellion.com
Adverts
The advertisement
banners are displayed in a
very attractive way.

16. www.ratracerebellion.com
Jobs Categories
To jobs are categorized in
clear labels which makes it
easier to view jobs.

17. www.ratracerebellion.com
FAQs section
The website has a FAQ
section which addresses
many common questions
that a web user may have
regarding the legitimacy of
the jobs posted on the
website, the business etc.,

18. Analysis of
http://www.remoteemplo
yment.com/
Although the website
design is simple but it
contains a lot of user
friendly features and
elements that are
mentioned in the next
slides.

19. www.remoteemployme
nt.com
Intro and Call for
actions
This website has a good
introduction text and video
that explains the purpose
of the website. It also has
clear call for actions to
register or post a job
displayed very
prominently.

20. http://www.remotee
mployment.com/ Top
menus
The top menu bar lists all
the sections and sub pages
very clearly. We suggest
both the top menu and left
menu for your website.

21. http://www.remoteemplo
yment.com/ Job search
box
A helpful job search box
shows on all the pages of
the website that allows the
users to do a quick search.