The good and the bad...websites

Quantity vs quality, professionally done vs user based, the good vs the bad: these are the attributes that are always questioned about a website both before and after creation. So what would be a good example of a good website take Kongregate for instance. 

Its got a simple logo on top with a strait informative slogan. Directly to the right is utilities such as such and the logging in option. Directly below is a simple menu bar with the the prime subjects of the website that split into sub topics to help the user narrow down even more. In the middle of the page is latest news, what all the users will want to know right away. Plus if one does not know what they may be looking for there are great game suggestions a little further down. There are related ads that are not distracting. Finally on the bottom of the page is all the professional information to remind users that there are good people behind this site.

But if that's a good website whats a bad one. Simple take The World's Worst Website Ever for example. It's not just a clever title this one is truly horrible. Brightly colored bad resolution both to small and to big pictures litter the floor of this page. The background is a repeating mess. The information is unorganized and hard to comment on it nicely. The topic is clear to the point that this is a bad website but otherwise it is completely unthoughtful. There are a bunch of little animations that are interesting as an individual things but added in a site and they're not cool at all. Lastly it's browser specific as in it only really works on several browsers and not the rest.

Those are just a few examples of good and bad websites. To make a good one just basically start with a template that has good organized information for a solid foundation then feel free to be creative.