ESPN

What website do you trust to handle every stat, every story, every day? ESPN, “The World’s Leader in Sports” not only covers all sports, all day on your television, but also displays all of its information on its website.

On the home page of the website, ESPN displays the current headlines, as well as a picture to go along with a top story. There is a bar toward the top of the website for the most popular sports such as football, basketball, baseball, and hockey, that link to their individual pages. The individual sections for each sport have their own headlines within their sections.

Not only can you read and watch videos off of the ESPN website, but you can also share them with your friends using a Facebook button. You also have the option to create a profile their so that you can customize what you read and what news comes to you. You have the ability to customize your own scoreboard for teams you follow, and keep up with articles of teams and players as you surf the site. You have access to all of your stats and personalized content no matter what page you are on.

Another useful feature that the ESPN website has is a fantasy section for fantasy leagues pertaining to several sports. The fantasy section keeps fans even more interested into many games. Many people participate in fantasy leagues across the country.

Besides the main site, there are links for specific branches of ESPN, such as in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. These sections are used for fans of certain regions where teams of different sports are from. It’s yet another way fans can keep track of all their different teams in one place.

With a website with high-trafficking, there’s always the chance that there’s a lot of information and “mess” on the website and it may be hard to sort and shuffle through all the text and video content. Frequent visitors may be okay with the layout, especially if they visit daily. However, it is fair to say that a newcomer may have a hard time navigating through the site. There is certainly a lot going on on the front page such as flashy videos, ads, and synchronized headlines coming in. Because of this, it’s possible that fans may need to read other news before getting to the information they wanted to see in the first place.

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Advanced Google Search

Have you ever searched page after page of Google search to find information? With Google’s Advanced Search, you can narrow that long quest for information to just a few short pages to find what you need quicker and easier.

In order to save time and frustration, many Google users make use of the Advanced Search feature. There are many ways to narrow your search. For example, you can have results show web pages that have all of the containing words, exact words or phrases. You can also ask Google to not give results containing certain words in the search.

Another useful tool is the reading level option where you can choose if you want basic or advanced results.

Google explains, “For instance, a junior high school teacher looking for content for her students or a second-language learner might want web pages written at a basic reading level. A scientist searching for the latest findings from the experts may want to limit results to those at advanced reading levels.”

A very useful tool is the able to narrow search by the date it was published. For example, you can search pages that were created within the past day, week, month, and even year.

According to PCMag.com, “most people don’t use it to its best advantage or in an advanced way. “Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best?” It’s hard to say why the many users of google don’t take advantage of the advanced search feature. Maybe the small link on the side is too small for people to care or see so they forget about it. It’s also possible that people simply aren’t sure what they’re looking for.