The website that I reviewed was the website on bigfoot sightings. The first thing that one notices on the home page of this site is the pictures and the graphics. There is a big picture of North America and if you click on a certain region you can see the sightings for that area. Part of what helps the pictures catch the readers attention is the brilliant use of color. One link to expeditions is in green and another link to Canadian press is red. These two colors contrast with each other, bringing out each link individually even though they are side by side. The use of text on the home page is scant but effective. The font is large but not too large to over-power the graphics. Instead, the text supplements the pictures instead of upstaging them. Although, if one clicks on one of the graphic disguised link then the whole layout changes. Pictures are still a prevalent theme, but clearly these pages are made for information. The text is smaller but made the focal point of the page now. The pictures are still littered amongst the text but are obviously there for textual support.
Overall, this is a very effective website. Its use of links sufficiently chunks the information according to Sosnoski's standards, making the site easy to navigate quickly. The use of graphics grabs the web-surfers attention. Also, the brilliant use of color makes each topic its own entity. Even the computer illiterate could navigate this page.
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