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From looking at the six websites that I have reviewed I can see the differences and similarities between an English charity website and an American one as well, plus what could make all of the positives of the differences and similarities work in my very own website. Firstly I have seen that photos on a website does make a difference in the way you react to seeing the page rather than seeing a screen full of writing and no direction. Pictures do tell a story if their set out in the right way for a website, like if the website is a cancer charity you will find that pictures are going to look happy and full of joy or hope that there will eventually be a cure, and if it is a children’s charity website pictures will appeal to the feelings of the child more than anything else. Some of the negative things that I have come across looking at these websites is the over the top need to advertise themselves on social websites which I do believe is quite unnecessary to have it pictured across the middle of your homepage. It takes the emphasis away from what the website actually stands for. Overall I think all of the websites I have written about are all good and all suit their purpose apart from the odd pieces which bring the website down.

Certain conventions of most website designs can be seen from the logo which is always at the top left of the website and normally never goes anywhere else on the page, which follows the normal conventions of a typical website page and this goes the same for the search bar which is always at the top right hand side of the page and can normally be linked to another webpage to show the audience exactly what they are looking for. Most of these websites all use a useful colour scheme to fit their website which is also a typical convention of a webpage and can sometimes present their charity well, especially if a certain colour is used that could represent something. For example, red represents blood, love and passion whereas green represents nature and a sense of freedom.