An (Inter)Net of Qualities

In my opinion, the three most important qualities of a web site, in order for it to be considered 'good' by my standards are: originality, humor, easy navigation

First off, a 'good' website needs to be original; whether it's content (www.ebaumsworld.com), layout (www.nhl.com), format(www.wikipedia.net), or the outright ability (www.google.com) of the site you visit. Originality could also be considered uniqueness, because many people stick to one or a few websites when they find a site that fits all their needs in one location. All the sites I mentioned are rivaled by some, imitated by many, and faithful to hordes of humans. These websites are all daily stops for me while I'm web browsing. However, many other sites which I frequent because of their unprecedented ability to gain hit after hit, and give users exactly what they want are: www.addictinggames.com, www.letsgowings.com, www.theonion.com, www.itsnumbertwelvetime.com, www.ebay.com, www.amazon.com

Secondly, a 'good' website should provide some humor to visiting users. A smile can be understood in any language, so humor is important while surfing the web and connecting to other users. Sites like www.theonion.com, www.ebaumsworld.com, www.collegehumor.com, and www.waytoomany.com have bare-bones layout and formatting, but the content they provide make these shabby sites into comedy goldmines. Humorous content comes in many different forms: audio, video, pictures, and text. Users can navigate theough various forms of media and connect to one another through said sites.

Lastly, a 'good' website should be easily navigable. Navigation is key to a successful website; if content and links are unorganized, poorly worded, poorly connected, or unintelligibly designed altogether, many users will not return to that site since it didn't provide a basic Internet tenet that most users expect. Sites like Google, Wikipedia, the NHL site, IMDB, Amazon, and eBay all utilize a left-oriented link list, usually garnished by a search bar amongst other features. This widely-excepted and frequently-used tendency to organize links on the left provide a clean, uniform aesthetic about a site. When a site is successfully organized, providing a slick layout and formatting, many users will frequent the site and consider it 'good.'