Occupy Wallstreet Review

Consider this site in critical terms from an information design and usability perspective.

What information is made available on the site?

It is very interesting they have streaming video of the protest so if you are not there you can see what is going on.  This lends to negate the accusation of rowdy behavior being made by those intended to protect Wall Street.

Tactical Briefings are also provided which helps in organization and turn out.

How is the navigation structured?
They have a top navigation bar that actually takes you to adbusters site.  It is confusing

How might you categorize the different types of users who might visit this site? 

I think this site serves to attract the silent protestor who wants to watch from the comfort of their homes as well as the frontline who needs to know where to be next.

How does the format of the site serve the needs of different groups of users?

The videos are a great “see and judge for yourself” tool while the Tactical Briefings are a great way to unite and ensure attendance.

What about the tools integrated into the site? Does the site make direct use of the Twitter hashtag #occupywallst?

It sure does.  They have an active feed to their twitter handle so you can see what the average Joe is writing.

Any other observations? How does it fare in search results? Do they use variants of their URL to capture traffic that might otherwise be redirected elsewhere?

They have multiple variants of their URL If you are not sure what the right name is, you will hit it anyway!