Drudge v. Huffington I

In comparing The Drudge Report and The Huffington Post, two things are immediately apparent. Drudge, historically, tends to be a bit more conservative-friendly, while The Post appears to lean to the left. More interesting, perhaps, is the design of each site. Famously simple, Drudge does not even offer an RSS feed. There are some made available by third parties, easily found through Googling, but such a feature is standard on every other news site on the planet.

The Post, on the other hand, utilizes Web 2.0 tech to an almost overwhelming level. It has article-specific comment forums, in-page Digg rankings and goes so far as to have the frontpage automatically refresh the amount of comments on every story.

While Drudge has been around longer, it will be interesting to see if its archaic layout finally handicaps its ability to attract an audience. The Alexa rankings for each site are an interesting comparison: