Wednesday, November 10, 2010

www.mashable.com


Mashable, founded in 2005, is one of the best sites to get your news in social and digital media.  It contains more than 30 million monthly pageviews.  It provides its audience with analysis of trends, reports on breaking web news, social media resources, and reviews of new websites.  This site is very easy to navigate through and find what you desire.  This is very important for a site to be successful. 

Mashable has a well-done design and a good use of space.  I approve how they use a blue color scheme to go along with the logo.  Without even reading the title, you can tell what site you are on by the color usage.  It contains drop boxes so that you can find a top story on Facebook or the iPhone with ease.  They provide information about business, social media, technology, entertainment, and even available job listings.

I found the social media resources really convenient and creative.  One article, “20 Free Social Media Icon Sets For a More Shareable Website”, offers various icons for blogs or other websites.  As we have learned, visual effects add a lot to a website or blog and result in a bigger audience.

The site also offers advice for those people trying to obtain a job.  They have an article, “Top 5 Qualities to Look for in Startup Job Candidates”, in which they list qualities that will help a person during future interviews.  Some of these characteristics include: entrepreneurial spirit, accountability, and innovative outlook.

Mashable is a very useful site for entrepreneurs, bloggers, Facebook users, marketers, social media enthusiasts, among many others.

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