OCCUPY WALL STREET REVIEW

What information is made available on the site?

•   Videos of speeches and signs.
•  Information about what is going on at the site and why they’re protesting.
•  Twitter Feed to display what is happening live and updated news.
•  A blog called ADBUSTERS that provides in depth information on the protest.

How is Navigation Structured?

·         I barely caught the navigation at the top, but it makes up for the home page when

You scroll down to see articles and links to the blog.

How might you categorize the different types of users who might visit this site?

•    Students
•   The Working Class
•   The Unemployed
•   The Struggling Poor
•     Conspiracy Theorists
•   People who work at Wall Street

How does the format of the site serve the needs of different groups of users?

It provides a variety of information based on facts and also corruption within Wall Street.

What about the tools integrated into the site? 

 Youtube – Is generating more supporters for the protest and also exposing the corruption of police officers unintentionally.

Twitter – Providing real time information.

Livestream – Providing real time video of the protest.

Does the site make direct use of the Twitter hashtag #occupywallst?

Yes.

Any other observations?

The user can download posters.

How does it fare in search results?

Excellent. Pops right up.

Do they use variants of their URL to capture traffic that might otherwise be redirected elsewhere?

No.