Comparing and Contrasting: MLSSoccer.com and NFL.com
du Nord, January 8, 2011
Contributing Editor Graham Fox Earlier this year, for one of my Library and Information Management classes that revolved around website design, labeling, and structure, I was tasked with comparing two sites that served the same function. Being the soccer Fanatico that I am, I went to town writing a nice 20 page paper on the differences and similarities of NFL.com and MLSSoccer.com. Today, I’m going to share with you the abbreviated version. I’ll be damned if I’m going to go to all the pain of writing a paper and not share that beautiful experience with the wonderful patrons of du Nord. Comparing and Contrasting NFL.com and MLSSoccer.com The websites of Major League Soccer (MLS), MLSSoccer.com, and the National Football League (NFL), NFL.com, bear a striking resemblance to one another. Like most sites that are similar in function, the main websites of different American major league sports feature a similar look, feel, and function. They subscribe to conventions that all American major league sport sites foll