ALJ301

Week seven’s topic was picture posting for web pages. To me pictures are a lifeblood to any internet site. Without them i would be unlikely to look twice at a web page. Why? Because throughout my uni studies we have been taught to look for high quality web sites, websites without pictures, letterheads or any notification are more than likely a site to steer clear of! Picasa as mentioned in the reading is a program i ahev experience with, and it is handy at best. While it does have editing capabilities they are cheap copies of the more delicate tools available.

Pictures are the hook a website must use to get readers. Like a slogan or catchphrase they have to polarize the reader, whether this is for god or bad it does not matter. Newspaper sites are a perfect example. If the have a headline picture of an explosion immediatley people will be interested to find out more. This is a critsism of Australian newspapers at the moment. The Age, my preferred paper has only one image on display, while it may be the leading story, if it does not interest me i will skip it. The herald sun on the other hand has scrolling headline pictures and i always glance at however many there are. The West Australian perhaps has the best scrolling pictures often showing all facets of the media.

Pictures should be given more thought in my opinion when trying to gather more readers!