Circlemakers.org

Circlemakers.org is a very well designed website. The main page is organized very logically and chunks the information very conveniently. The font, despite being a little hard to read, makes the text seem out of this world, which seems appropriate assuming the site’s main audience is a bunch of alien-loving conspiracy-theorists. The same background dark blue background with odd geometric objects is used on each page furthering the science feel of the website. Each topic page has large font headings making information easy to find. Even more helpful, when you scroll the mouse over each of the major sub-pages, there is a little description of what they are about in the upper right-hand corner. These aspects of the page make the argument that crop circles are mysterious and interesting, and you should read more about them. I found myself curious to what information the page had, just because of these tiny details that contributed to the appearance of the page. I was fascinated by the pictures of crop circles and from their, I was led into the other articles of the site. I bought into what the site was trying to sell, because it made a great visual argument just by having an attractive format.