Apple

Apple is well respected for their attention to design, and their website is no different. Clean and minimalist and very, very focused. They mostly use a centered alignment for the elements on their page and everything is grouped together in a coherent way. They use a varied mixture of text, pictures and videos to sell their products and the design elements of each page, which are unique to their function, all use the same, sharp, minimalist theme.

Arstechnica.com

Ars Technica is one of my favorite science / tech blogs; they have some of the best technical and specialized writers out there. Their website — built on WordPress, I believe — is also very well designed, using a dark, heavily customized theme. It’s a very text-heavy site, left-aligned and the articles are grouped together with specs, pictures and contrasting headers.

The Verge

The Verge is another great tech blog, and they use a much more experimental, modern design than either Apple or Ars Technica does. They don’t seem to care too much about optimization — you must be prepared for very long load times if you want to read this blog! But they seem to want their website to imitate the feel of a high-tech magazine. Their content is also very text-heavy and left-aligned, organized in blocks with various sizes and very interesting to look at, although maybe a bit cluttered to the eye.