Summary:
In taking the course Interface Design I actually learned a lot about this. Looking over the linked websites was kind of a reiteration of a book that we read in that class. The ways you make a good website are as follows:
- Make it easy to read
- Make it easy to get to end goal
- Don’t make it to flashy and overwhelming
- Don’t over complicate things
- Hierarchy
- Good contrast
If you want to make a bad website pretty much do everything the opposite of what’s on that list.
http://noamdesign.com/
http://socialdriver.com/
http://topdesignmag.com/