Cnn.com v. MSNBC.com

From first appearence I find MSNBC much better than CNN. First of all, the tabs that go to general topics are on the left side and when you sroll over them on MSNBC they create a new menu on the screen to find stories from this topic. CNN has their tabs as links at the top of the page, meaning I have to spend more time wasted on them.

MSNBC also uses a banner as the first photo you see with links and description on it, whereas CNN has some bland photo that has headlines next to it. MSNBC puts the headlines and the photo separate, which is a good move. Less confusing.

Aside from that, MSNBC is basically the same as what I said about CNN down below aside from the fact that MSNBC clearly has a message board, which trumps CNN's lack of one. It definately increase interactivity, at least with other readers.

MSNBC also includes the time the site was last updated right at the top clearly, while I don't recall seeing one on CNN.

MSNBC does seem to lack a RSS feed, so that's disappointing when it comes to interactivity.

So, in conclusion, if I judged based on appearence and not content I would have to go with MSNBC.