Pratical 6b

Another resource that i have found:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Podcasting-Trend&id=49037

• Purpose

The main website of this article is ezinearticle which is an article website that allows all experts to write about an article that they expertise in. This website allows user to view and find out more about a topic that other have wrote an article about. The intended audiences are those who are podcast fans who want to know more about podcasting.

• Coverage

This website is for users who want to know what others feel about a product or a service. Authors who post their article will give their comment and opinions on various topics. For this podcasting trend topic, the author of this article covers what podcasting has on the impact of the current whole and what advantages does podcast have on people. Besides the author’s article, there are also many other links and resources that we can gather more information from.

The links are very useful as they contain many frequently asked questions and their answers and solutions regarding podcast given by different authors.

A look at one of the links leads us to another article from a different author but is on a different topic relating to podcast.

• Authority

The author of the article is Hendry Lee who helps small business owners and web publishers. He has a main article as a link at the bottom of the website but there are no indications that he can be contacted.

• Accuracy

This article is created by an author who gives his opinion on podcasting. After reading the article, they are no political, idealogical or biasness sources in the article. There is a main article source that the author had reference from, but the main article is also the same author. There are no grammatical, spelling or typographical errors.

• Currency

There are no indications of when the article was done and uploaded. Therefore, I can conclude that the article may not be very reliable as it may be years ago that he had done this and it may be outdated.

• Accessibility

There are no graphical images in the article as it is only an article done by an author. It is all in text-based format and internet explorer and Mozilla Firefox can be viewed. Email addresses and passwords are needed as this is a free website that can be viewed and gather information from and I think those who sign up can be allowed to view more detailed information. There are many copyrights rules to follow so as to respect the authors.

• Presentation & Arrangement

The article is very common as it starts off with the trend of the podcast and the advantages of podcasting before ending with the author’s information and the links to other relating articles.

• Usability

It is relatively easy to use as it only requires scrolling up and down the page. All the information is on a page and other links are at the bottom of the page if I need to gather more information.

• Overall

As it is an article written by an author, it gives a brief article on the future trend of podcasting and the advantages of podcasting. It does not have any images and I feel that this website is only suitable for those who really wants to explore on podcasting and know what does other people feels about podcast.