1.1 Messaging
Messages are delivered in various forms such as use of pictures, attractive description and use of cartoons. Posts are created to enable advertisers to make their advertisements for their products and services. Hiring companies can post their descriptions of jobs and requirements.
Messaging is also done through social sites such as Facebook and Twitter for instance Best Buy Company has Sign in connection to enable wide cover of the information to other sites and variety of people. Company information on salaries are well connected out to this place such that once the company posts it can widely be accessed.
Messaging is also enable through tabs created on below the home page end to facilitated easy posting of any additional informational on products and services being marketed.
1.2 Navigation
It is easily enable through separately arranged products, information and other important details. Hard products such as vehicles are arranged at one point and soft one in another point. There are also attentions calling alerts that enable any individual monitoring the product or service to identify. The use of colors has been endorsed to differentiate products for easy view.
1.3Product page and Description
Products are colorfully displayed at strategic points for easy view and monitor. Attractive descriptions and detailed information on both soft and hard products in relation to price, quality and quantity are made to create awareness to customers. Symbols are also used to give more information on the products.
Employee and company rating have also been put to mainly show the company progress. This also creates confidence to customers as well as helping develop the name of the company. In addition, allowing customer rating of the CEO or management of the company which develops a feeling of participating in company progress.
The two sites are similar in that homogeneous products are display at same point and their quality and quantity description shown.
The sites differ in such a way that BestBuy Company has its product arranged in variety on single display that enables wide view at once while Neiman-Marcus has only one view at a point.
Neiman-Marcus one product view at a time is pleasing in the manner that it gives full concentration to customers or users before they are alerted to another product. BestBuy display side is also pleasing because it reduces time as one can see variety of information at a glance.
Additional features to each site can; on BestBuy functional show of operating some products can be added while on Neiman-Marcus direct chat features with company or controlling party can be added.
Site Evaluation Form
Sites were reviewed on the following date/dates: Bestbuy.com:13th to 14th Feb.2013
Neimanmarcus.com:14th to15th Feb.2013
Work Cited
Schiller, B. The Business Structures: Harvard University Press, 1998
