Best and worst of the Web

BusinessWeek has an interesting read on the best and worst websites on the internet. Lists like this are great.

Amazon.com makes it into both categories. One guy panned it for being so ugly.

Ebay makes it into the worst. Malcolm Garrett, joint creative director at AIG, tells us why:

"Aside from the visual naiveté of the whole look and feel, and the inevitable jumble of typographic styles employed, navigation is poorly organized, rendering site structure a confused mess. Moreover, prime functionality is often severely compromised."

Google makes a double appearance on this list too. Lisa Strausfield of Pentagram offers this explanation:

"I hate that Google is gaining full access to our e-mail, family photos, finances, medical records, and every thought in our heads that gets translated into a Web search—and no one seems to care. Should we?"

Check it out, there is some good information about what traits are good and bad in websites.