The Coast Online is similar in appearance to the other free magazine sites, albeit a bit more cluttered. The home page contains links to columns, reviews, events, artist profiles, and news. In terms of content, they usually focus on local acts and news. This is appropriate. The Coast is a locally circulated publication. The website offers links to the regular sections of the paper. But, unlike many similar sites, The Coast has an media player on its main page. This is a good thing. With this playlist, the viewer of the site is immediately involved in a multimedia experience.
In the menu there is a button to a variety of blogs as well as a link to "TVCoast". This isn't a televised broadcast of content. I doubt they have the budget for that. TVCoast is a selection of videos, posted by readers. Anybody can post any video. It's a nice feature. And a good place to procrastinate.
From years of using The Coast's website I've found one feature of the site particularly useful. That would be The Classifieds. The online classifieds allow a user to quickly search through thousands of listings for whatever they desire. A user can search according to price, location, quality, and user. It's a great tool for any student. Obviously this isn't a featured exclusive to The Coast but because I have experience with it, I decided to bring it up now. Another feature that most sites have is a "Comments" link. With this, a user can send timely feedback and receive a response. No stamps for this guy.
On the whole, The Coast dot Ca is a good resource. It could use a little interactivity... maybe a game of sorts. Nevertheless, I rate www.thecoast.ca 3.5 Mouse Clicks.
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