OT: New Look on the Herald Sports Page

[JoeSixPat]

Don't know if others have commented on it...but while the Herald Sports page has a nice bold new look, there's far too much advertising and not enough print for my taste:

Ironically my tendency will now be to go right to the printable page, bypassing ALL ads

For example - check out this AFC preview article that goes on an incredible 17+ pages thanks to so little writing and so much advertising

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view.bg?articleid=1028842

now check out the printable page for ease of reading

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view.bg?articleid=1028842&format=text

If these folks want some constructive feedback, ads and supplemental information is fine, but when there's about 60 words to a page online readers aren't going to have much tolerance for that, and they're shooting themselves in the foot advertising wise

 

[BelichickFan]

Yeah, it looks like crap. I guess they're trying to find the best way to make money in an era when newspapers are increasingly irrelevant.

 

[Patsobsessed]

Where is the blog "The Point After"? I can't seem to locate it and it is prolly right there in front of me. Help!

 

[jefmblrd]

I never liked the old Herald site, but the new one is awful!

The Point After is hard to find--it's on the right side of the site part way down.
Here's a link: http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/patriots/

 

[patsox23]

It's on the righthand side, a big-ish button for it, scroll down a bit on the football page.

 

[BelichickFan]

Where is the blog "The Point After"? I can't seem to locate it and it is prolly right there in front of me. Help!

Up at the top there's a link to "BLOGS" to the right of "News & Opinion", "Sports", etc.

 

[patsox23]

I know it may seem I'm somehow pimping all things Herald lately, but I think the new look is fine. I admittedly know a lot less than you guys about graphics and stuff, but it seems pretty good to me. What are the objections?

 

[Patsobsessed]

Thanks everyone!

 

[pats1]

The new website is flashy, but the navigation sucks.

For Firefox users, this tool is your friend to eliminate ads:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10