First, I`d like to thank you, Roald, for the magnificent job you´re doing. It´s quite difficult to keep an overview over the ammount of sites that keep popping up on the web every day. There are many review sites available, but most of them are lacking objectivity or are following the wrong principles when they´re judging sites.
That said, I`d like to post some suggestions for you. I don´t want to criticize your work, I just want to make this cool review section even better. Of course, my points of view are completely subjective. Other people might not share them. That´s the cool thing about personal tastes.
I`ve been visiting a number of paysites over the years, mostly because I was tired of hunting small 10s clips or blurry pics, browsing dodgy sites and always in danger of getting infected by a virus. I`ve seen some very good paysties and some horrible examples, which I cancelled at the day I joined.
The first and most important thing I want to know before joining a paysite is: how´s the quality of the content. Living in 2006 and in times of high bandwith connections, I want to see high res pictures (1600x1200 and upwards) and high quality movies (640x480). The quality of the content is far more important than the quantity in my opinion. I`d rather have 10 DVD quality videos with gorgeous models than 150 small clips of ugly toads.
And that´s the information I want to read in a review the most: resolution of the pics and/or vids. I know you´re doing that already in some (if not most) of your reviews, but I`m missing it in at least some. The general informations that the pics are good and the vids are clear isn´t sufficient here.
As a rule of thumb, I generally refuse to join sites that don´t offer at least one or two samples of their content in full resolution and quality, regardless what the review says. If a site doesn´t offer samples, I´m always getting the impression that they got something to hide. That´s another information I`m missing in most (not just freeones) reviews: free samples or not. I know it´s actually just a click to find that out myself, but when you´re considering reviews as a service, this is another tiny piece to increase the service for your readers.
The DRM protection thing is getting more and more popular. In my opinion, this is a rip off of the customers. There´s no way to jusitfy that you can only watch the content of the site as long as you´re a member, while other sites are offering the same stuff with no restrictions. Sitest with DRM protected contend deserve a CLEAR note in the review. It´s often just a by sentence (not just in your reviews) when it´s actually one of the most important informations.
I could certainly think of even more things to increase the reviews, but I`ll leave it at that for now.
Again, this is in no way meant to slag off your work. It´s just my personal "what I want to see" thread.
That said, I`d like to post some suggestions for you. I don´t want to criticize your work, I just want to make this cool review section even better. Of course, my points of view are completely subjective. Other people might not share them. That´s the cool thing about personal tastes.
I`ve been visiting a number of paysites over the years, mostly because I was tired of hunting small 10s clips or blurry pics, browsing dodgy sites and always in danger of getting infected by a virus. I`ve seen some very good paysties and some horrible examples, which I cancelled at the day I joined.
The first and most important thing I want to know before joining a paysite is: how´s the quality of the content. Living in 2006 and in times of high bandwith connections, I want to see high res pictures (1600x1200 and upwards) and high quality movies (640x480). The quality of the content is far more important than the quantity in my opinion. I`d rather have 10 DVD quality videos with gorgeous models than 150 small clips of ugly toads.
And that´s the information I want to read in a review the most: resolution of the pics and/or vids. I know you´re doing that already in some (if not most) of your reviews, but I`m missing it in at least some. The general informations that the pics are good and the vids are clear isn´t sufficient here.
As a rule of thumb, I generally refuse to join sites that don´t offer at least one or two samples of their content in full resolution and quality, regardless what the review says. If a site doesn´t offer samples, I´m always getting the impression that they got something to hide. That´s another information I`m missing in most (not just freeones) reviews: free samples or not. I know it´s actually just a click to find that out myself, but when you´re considering reviews as a service, this is another tiny piece to increase the service for your readers.
The DRM protection thing is getting more and more popular. In my opinion, this is a rip off of the customers. There´s no way to jusitfy that you can only watch the content of the site as long as you´re a member, while other sites are offering the same stuff with no restrictions. Sitest with DRM protected contend deserve a CLEAR note in the review. It´s often just a by sentence (not just in your reviews) when it´s actually one of the most important informations.
I could certainly think of even more things to increase the reviews, but I`ll leave it at that for now.
Again, this is in no way meant to slag off your work. It´s just my personal "what I want to see" thread.
