The Huffington Post has a visually appealing homepage, as flashy as it might be. It features video prominently, with coverage of Karl Rove on Fox News. I also like the scrolling headlines at the top, which to me provides some sort of serendipity in a medium where that is hard to find.
Most of the site links to the reporting of other Web sites. I like the idea of a quick read option. It gives users the chance to decide whether they want to follow through to next site or go back to The Huffington Post without reading the entire article.
The site also takes advantage of the trend of using tags, giving users related tags when they click on a blog post. I particularly like the blogs in the Living section.
The Top News section is interesting because instead of just listing the most read stories in general, it lists the top news in each subject from media, to politics, to business.
Some of the photos The Huffington Post used were annoying. It seemed like the site was trying to find an image–any image–for each of its stories. This resulted in a picture of Anne Hathaway for a story that had nothing to do with her and video game company logos that appeared to be advertisements.
Overall, I like what the site has done, but it would have more credibility with better reporting and better photos.
