LO1 Analysis of BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

LO1 Analysis of BBC Bitesize

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

LO1 Analysis of Very.co.uk

http://www.very.co.uk/ 

a) The purpose of this website is to E-commerce, in other words shop online. The target audience is a niche but ABC1 as to shop on this site a person needs a disposable income, it is also niche as it tends to be mainly women who shop on this site because it is mainly to do with clothes. Although, they do have other things such as toys, children and baby things and also DVD's and Games.

b) The visitor needs for this site is basically just to browse items and shop. The users can shop for many different things such as clothes for men, women and children, toys, sports things and electronics. This means that most of a users needs are met because they sell many different things.

c) Users can access features on this site by clicking on the different sections at the top of the page. They can also access things by using the search bar that is at the top of the site too.

d) The features of this website are a search bar, other buttons that take the users to different parts of the website, there is a shopping basket to keep the items that you want in so that the user can carry on looking through the website without having to

e) The benefits of this website for the producer overall is making a profit from the things that they sell. Another benefit is keeping their customers happy.

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LO1 Analysis of Tumblr

https://www.tumblr.com/

a) The purpose of this website is to interact with other people from all over the world. It is a social media site and there is no particular audience as many people around the world use these sorts of websites to keep in touch with their friends, family and other people. Although there may not be any particular audience mainly younger people use this site.

b) People access this website so that they can keep in touch with people online as although tumblr is a blog it is also a social networking site. They use it to post photos and pictures and also to post quotes and other pieces of writing or work that they have done.

c) To access information all the user has to do is either log in or if they don't have it then they have to click on the button that says trending and they can view things that are on the site. They can also search for things on the site by using the search bar that is at the top of the screen.

d)  The features of tumblr are a sign up and log in button, a search bar, a header. There are also other features that can be used when a user is not logged onto the site such as being able to see things that are on the site such as photos, gifs and quotes and when a user isn't logged in they can click on any of these and still see them.

e) The benefits of this website for the producer are that they get to know their users interests which means that they can sell web space to advertisers, so if a person likes books then they will sell some space to a company such as amazon that sells books to attract the users of tumblr to buy things from their site. By selling web space to other companies tumblr then makes a profit.

f) The content of the website includes the header which is the tumblr logo, the photo underneath the login which attracts people to the site. 

LO1 Understand a Range of Contrasting Commercial Websites Analysis of iTunes

                                                   http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes/

a) The purpose of this website is to entertain and stream or download music to devices. The target audience is an ABC1 audience as they have the most disposable income. This means that they have more money after bills to spend on things that they would like. iTunes  is for anyone whether they are young or elderly as it sells many different genres of music from many different decades too, although, most elderly people wont use this website as the internet and devices are not something that they know or understand. I think that more young people use this website as its mainly young people that listen to music on portable devices such as I-pods, I-phones and or I-pads.

b) Visitor needs are met on this website when they find the song or album that they want to download. Their needs are also met when can manage any music and videos that they have bought through this website in a orderly fashion within their account. Other needs are met by having online radio broadcast services as many people don't want to buy music and so they can listen to music on these and don't have to pay for it.

c) The information flow is how the user experiences the website. The experience that they have on iTunes is good as the users get to find, listen and download music and movies that they like to listen to and watch. They can also see other albums and movies that have been suggested for the user as the website takes note of what the user has watched and listened too.

d) The features of the website include a search bar, a header that tells the user the name of the site. There is also a shopping basket, and at the bottom there are other places that give you more information about the site and stores that are near a users area.

e) The benefits of the website for the producer are making a profit from the users as they buy their movies, music and also listen to the online radio broadcasts. Other benefits include making their customers happy and helping people find the music that they like.

f)  The content of the site include a search bar and and a shopping basket. The search bar is so that users or customers can search for the music that they want and it is quick and easy. The shopping basket is so that customer can add things into it and it means that if they want to buy more than one thing then they don't have to search for both again and it also means that they don't have to pay for them separately. Other features include a support button so that the user can get help when needed and also another feature is links to other things that apple sell such as their i-phones and macs (this is cross promotion).