Good website, bad website

Based just upon their content, visual appeal, and navagability, here is an example of a good website and a bad website.



The Good:

Metacritic. When I'm trying to decide if I want to spend 7 something to watch a movie or wait for it to come out on dvd, metacritic is a trusted companion. The purpose of the site is to compile reviews on various types of media, and give an average of the scores. Other sites do the same thing, but this one's my favorite for a reason I know not what. It may be because of the easy on the eyes blue background or something (nice segue into visual appeal, right). As for navagability, I think the site excells. Despite how much content it contains, it's never overwhelming, and it's always pretty easy to find what you're looking for. My only problem is that the search engine requires that you basically type the title of the movie you're looking for perfectly or you won't recieve results.



The Bad:

Moir. Really, who can forget the headache/vomit inducing site that is moir. I really have no idea what the website's for, but does it really matter? You don't go to moir for information, you go for the fantasia-esque light show that occurs when rolling over the links. I guess it scores points for navagability in that it does have links. But I don't think there is any subject matter or content that you could put on the site to justify the design.