
Although ABC provides an extremely innovative method of providing their information, their site is overwhelmed by the sheer breadth and comprehensiveness of the NBC site. People looking for current events information on the World Wide Web would do much better to go to the NBC site: it is better indexed, provides more information, and more topics of interest.
On the other hand, the nature of the World Wide Web is that of innovation. The NBC site does an excellent job of cataloging information, but the ABC site makes it come alive in a way that merely text and graphics can not. Since the medium is so well used on the ABC site, it is tempting to say that it is the better site of the three.
In the final analysis, this survey recommends that the seeker of news information, as well as the Web publisher in charge of delivery of organizational information, visit all three sites. The NBC site lets the user know how much information is available, and how effectively a large amount of information can be displayed online. The ABC site keeps a news searcher up-to-date hourly with its innovative use of audio technology. The CBS site should serve as a caveat for Web publishers to be careful to provide links to appropriate information, and create a mechanism for making sure the information is up-to-date. All three aptly illustrate how three major news disseminating institutions go about delivering their organizational information, and how that information can or can not be effective.