As Lupton explained in the text, grids are a method of spacing that allows one to use uniform areas of space to better organization and improve understanding of a design. We may not realize it because we are just so immune to it, but websites ARE design. Someone has to sit there and load content. Someone has to make sure that users can access it and know what they are accessing too.
There is a section on Yahoo by the maps and shopping and sports called SHINE. If you ask me, it is an underrated option indeed. It is almost like a mini Cosmopolitan Magazine, complete with sections like fashion, health, horoscopes, advice, etc. Nevertheless, I would not know this if it were not strategically formatted into clear, distinct grid areas. Especially with online websites, it is crucial to foster readability so that people know how to get around the page and onto different sites/links as well. The guides that are set in place on Yahoo Shine split the page into areas that are denoted by similarity principles. Color, font, and placement help to make this website efficient to navigate. Even the chosen pictures and icons are formatted for the grid system employed; as one can see, they are uniform sizes. There appears to be three equally sized columns on Yahoo Shine which works rather well if you ask me. Not only is quite balanced in this respect, but it also allows for visuals to bring that dynamic element to the page.
