It's Channel 2 against Channel 7 all over again (when did ever stop anyway). This time, it's in the interweb. Although ABS-CBN got a very wide lead, GMA is starting to catch up (or is it)? Last year, I noticed that the Inq7.net portal started to have 2 different banner stories, one from Inquirer.net (the online version of the local maverick newspaper The Philippine Daily Inquirer) and one from the news portal of GMA News GMAnews.tv. Then finally it happened, when I went to Inq7.net, it's become just a page that will give you a choice to be redirected to either GMA's site or to Inquirers.
With regards to the news layout, ABS-CBN wins hands down as the top stories are easy to see, while GMA's page is somewhat confusing (although, again, ABS-CBN had a head start, so I think I'm just used to their layout). With regards to the content, most of ABS-CBN stories are derived from Inq7.net (by the looks of it). GMA has more original story lines but updates are not as often as ABS-CBN's.
So for this one, I guess abs-cbnnews.com wins this battle (for the moment).
Note: From where I am right now, the post-Taiwan earthquake scenario, using a Globelines Broadband connection, connecting to ABS-CBN site is easier (would resolve faster) than with GMA's which most of the times, will not resolve.
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