"Dream Holiday" (Multimedia Website Evaluation)

I search for my “Dream Holiday” using Google search engine and came across this amazing website: http://www.finest-holidays.com/en/start.html


I desire to have my get-away at a luxurious villa of Barbados Island located at the Caribbean Sea with my family.


To access the multimedia website of this “Dream Holiday” activity, I applied the evaluation criteria of:


1) Authority


2) Presentation and Arrangement


3) Accessibility



Authority


The webpage is published by a separate “Webmaster” named PJone EXCLUSVE WEB SOLUTIONS that in charge of the design and marketing of the website.


The publisher does not list his/her qualifications but they do provide their contact information. If anything happens, the visitors of the website can report to the respective authorities by giving the hotlines, fax number and e-mail address.


Clicking on the “Imprint” hypertext, a page proving the website’s Copyright, Trademarks and Logos are presented.


It mentions that “All content on this website is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved.”


Therefore, this site is an authoritative source.




Presentation and Arrangement


The site demonstrates and organizes the information and images of the villa in an interesting and focused manner.


The information is clearly, constantly and sensibly displayed and arranged with three columns on the webpage.


The left part list out the hypertexts of the ‘Home’, ‘Contacts’, ‘User Terms’ and other important details of the website.


The centre portion focuses on presenting the villa information and images.


The right component displays the hypertexts of the countries, cities and islands.



Accessibility


The hypertexts available make the site user-friendly.


It does not require registration and log-ins.


The details available are for free.




Most Important Evaluation Criteria


Authority will be the top of my list of criteria to analyse a website.


Reason being a webpage can be made by syndicates who market a whole different thing on the website but have illegal operations if we were to give our particulars to the hotlines, fax or e-mail.


With an authoritative source, I feel secure to go further and make reservations and so on.


As I am dealing with a foreign website, it is advisable for me to contact the local travelling agency for the reliability of this website before trusting the website fully.