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Websites ✫ MillerBrothers

o HomePage

o BiographyPages

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o NewsPage

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✫ RandyCoutureo HomePage

✫ ChuckLiddell

o HomePage

✫ UFCOfficialWebsite(imageonfollowingpage)

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✫ UFCOfficialWebsite

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Twitter Accounts ✫ The Miller Brothers: MillerBrosMMA

✫ Chuck Liddell: ChuckLiddell

✫ UFC: UFC

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✫ Dana White: danawhiteufc

What should I be looking for on these screen shots?

Noticehowboththewebsitesandtwitteraccountshavetheirownstyleforcontext,layout,andphotos.TheMillerBrothers’siteismorehumble,yetstillslightlylessprofessionallookingthantheotherwebsites.TheonlyinteractionseenontheMiller’ssiteiswhenyouclickoneitherJimorDanontheirhomepage,you’llpulluptheirbiographypage.Theboxopensupandrevealsinformation.RandyCouture’swebsiteisn’tnecessarilybetterintermsoflayout,butitishighlyinteractive.Liddell’swebsiteisanexampleofhowhisinformationisorganizedandeasytofind.Hislayoutisn’toverwhelminganditisn’ttoointeractive,butit’ssimpleandprofessionallookingwithoutloosinganycharm.OntheUFCwebsite,you’llnoticethatthere’salotofinformationandit’sstilljustthehomepage.Inthemiddleofthepage(justbelowthefoldwhenyou’reactuallylookingatthesite)isabarthatshowsfighter’stweets(postsfromtheirTwitteraccounts).ThisisarecentfeatureandshowsthateventheUFCrealizeshowimportantitistousesocialmedia.IntheTwittersection,you’llnoticetherearedifferentstylesforlayouts.Somearephotographybased,whileothersarecolorbased.Notonlyarelayoutsdifferent,butthecontextisvaried.Becausesocialmediaissoknewthere’snosolidresearchtoproveifpersonaltouchismoreeffectiveorifinformativebasedismoreeffective.Youcanseethatsomeofthefighters/organizationuseoneortheother,oramixofboth.