stltoday.com vs. chicagotribune.com

The two websites I picked to evaluate were the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s website at www.stltoday.com and The Chicago Tribune’s website www.chicagotribune.com. I do already have a slight bias due to the fact that I am from St. Louis and primarily use the www.stltoday.com website to get much of my news.
The main similarity that I noticed right when I opened the page is the large picture of the headline. In both cases, the headline is about a big story about each of the cities. Other similarities include a search bar near the top of the page along with tabs for separate portions of the website. This is where I believe the St. Louis website is better due to the fact that it not only post links to the different sections of the paper but also post links to suburban area newspapers so readers can get more information about their selective county. Like the St. Louis website the Chicago website offers a side column and one good graphic that was put in place is Doppler radar with a tab right under it with access to the complete weather forecast. Unlike the St. Louis website, the Chicago Tribune offers a video option but the placement of the video was not good due to the fact that it was at the bottom of the page and many people may miss it if just simply scanning over the website.
Overall, I think that the St. Louis website was just put together better and also has a much cleaner layout and color scheme than the Chicago website. Though the Chicago website does have many features that would defiantly enhance to quality of the other website, St. Louis’s is still much better right now.