MarylandWrestling.com

This week I am responsible for critiquing the website for Maryland Championship Wrestling.  The websites address is marylandwrestling.com which led me to believe that it was going to be more of competition wrestling website instead of a “professional” wrestling website.   I will be critiquing the website on its ease of accessibility, ease of navigation, use of interactivity, use of video, and quality of content.  I do not frequent professional wrestling websites, so this will be a first experience for me. 

The first thing I noticed on the website was that it had tabs on the right hand side to show all of the recent activity they had been involved in with social media sites.  I can easily see their most recent tweets, Facebook updates, Youtube videos, and Instagram photos.   It allows me access to the most recent information at a quick glance, and would allow me not to spend much time searching on the site.  Next is how easy it is to navigate the website.  The website used a nice tab system that made it easy to search and find everything I needed.  I can look up match history quickly, search the roster of wrestlers, and even purchase tickets quickly.  MCW actually has some former WWE wrestlers involved within the company which draws popularity. 

The website is not full of much interaction, but the quick tabs on the side to social media gives allows them to not push videos at the visitor or try and stuff being a twitter follower down my throat.  The tabs allow the visitor to see what they want to see, instead of having it forced on them.  The videos are accessible through the Youtube tab, but are left to the side instead of taking up space on the websites main page.  I like how the videos are kept off the main page, and if I want to see a video, I can go to their Youtube account page and watch the ones I want. 

Overall, marylandwrestling.com is a well structured website that is easy to access and easy to follow.  Basically all information can be found quickly on the website, and they do a good job of putting the schedule right on the front page.  The website was not overly crowded, which is nice, and is user friendly.  I was on the page for about 45 minutes searching around and I didn’t come across any banner ads or push notifications.  I would give the website an 8/10, and wish that some of my favorite teams would have websites as easy as this one.