Using the Wayback Machine (http://wayback.archive.org), an archive of past websites and designs, I have put together an evolution of BBC News.
Evolution of the BBC News website
In 1998, the BBC News website was three columns, built for 800x600 monitors. The middle column contained the main news features, with a narrow left-hand navigation column.
By the year 2000, the website was redesigned with a wider left-hand navigation menu, interactive content in the right-hand column, and a better use of space. In 2001, the right-hand column was developed to incorporate online broadcasts.
In 2003, a major website redesign took place, including expanding the width of the page for larger monitor sizes. The middle and right columns were more integrated, and the main news story featured prominently in the middle of the screen with a larger image. This website design continued with minor adjustments (mainly to the area underneath the feature news story) for the next few years. Most notably, in 2006, the BBC News website started to advertise its mobile website in the header.
Video features too a prominent place underneath the feature news story in 2009.
In 2011, a major website redesign took place; improvements included a new header, centring of the page layout, the removal of the left-hand links column, and a prominent right-hand column (with media features). Popular news items are featured on the website, with tailored results to the user, and more than one prominent news item featured near the top of the page with many other items listed below.
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