Globo x MSN

In today's world I admitt that I check news websites less than I used to before Facebook and other online social network existed. But when I do, is usually through a link that someone shared on their timeline or when I want to understand what is going on in the world or feel like I am missing out on important information. For this, there are two websites that I tend to go, one Brazilian and one very much American. The reason for that is that I like to compare the way they deliver the news, how something that happens here can be translated to Portuguese and keep the information intact.  And also because it's easier for me to understand when the article published is written in my first language. 

Well, I came up with 5  reasons why I like and dislike some of the websites that I check and here are they:
1) The Brazilian website, which is the Globo.com website:
They have the news posted in an entertaining way, with big letters, colors and pictures, so I have a preview of what it is about. It makes it easy to find information and click on what appeals to my eyes.

Another reason why I check them is that they are part of the main Brazilian television channel, Globo, so it ads credibility to what I read. 

Besides that, I like how there is entertainment mixed with hard news and some cool stuff, like youtube videos that went viral or fun technology information. That way, if I don't wanna be upset reading about tragedies and all that, I can click on the next news next to it.

Another good thing is that they have websites linked to it that takes you to your favorite tv shows in Brazil as well as some magazines that have their pages linked to Globo.com. You can also check the weather, and Dolar value on the main page, so it makes it a cool place to get all that you need.

One thing I like is that stories get featured on top of the website according to their relevance in different subjects: sports, soap operas (Brazilians are obsessed with them), crimes, politics...

Things I don't like about it is that they can go weeks delivering the same tragedy story but once people forget about it, they are not good with keeping people informed to What happened to that story. I feel they should do better in this matter. I don't think there is anything major that I don't like about the website, since I always go there to check what is going on. 

MSN

MSN- even though is one of the major news websites, I am not a big fan of MSN.com. To begin with, some of the headlines are too short for me, so I have to click on the link to find out more about the story and sometimes aren't that interesting. They lose points with younger generations that need information fast and they need it now.

Also, the layout in general is not appealing to me, since  I am very into visual, like photos and videos, there should be more images to make it interesting to me and younger generations. But at the same time, maybe this is not the target audience they want. 
And despite the little slideshow/photo animation at the top, it still doesn’t keep up with all the visual required to make news entertaining. 

What I like about it is that it is a credible website. So I might check it once in a while and tend to believe in what they publish.

Another thing that I don't like is that the letters are a bit too small for me and makes me confused when looking for information, it's not very easy to find even though they separate per topics.

A website that also I don’t check much but I could compare to, is Yahoo.com. They do have a better newsfeed with appealing  texts  and photos and the website is somehow organized, fun, making you feel like you can stay there and get all that you need.

Back to MSN, The reason why some stories are featured and others not might have to be related with their target audience I guess. Or even time of the day, etc. Overall it is a good news website, but it doesn't appeal to me, too crowded or too boring some times.