The New York Times is the most notable newspaper in America and they still haven't figured out how to make a good website. Their main homepage is still impossibly cluttered while their latest feature, the Times Wire, looks like a more boring version of the much-hated new layout of Gawker/Defamer. On the bright side, they do have a section where you can check which stories/subject you want, making the site like a Times version of Twitter, but then why not make that feature accessible on, you know, Twitter?

The site also makes a key mistake by putting the major ad (which, of course, is an Apple ad since they are taking over the internet with their giant ads) on the front page. Most people are probably going to be linking to stories through other sites so they really need to put big ads on their individual content pages. Which reminds me, I need to do that too.

The Times also doesn't seem to be making much effort to market their writers, which is the main thing that would draw people to the site. The web is about breaking news and personalities. The Times isn't doing a good job of looking like it has either.