basschick
04-26-2008, 09:49 PM
lately i've been re-reviewing sites that were last reviewed 1 - 2 years ago. a lot of them have made important and positive changes based on reviews or customer feedback, and yet a lot of these sites then make other changes that suck.
here's an example. one site had around 300 videos last review and they were 320x240, which was already getting to be on the small side. they now have 500+ videos and all their videos are now 640x480 and better quality - that's right, they re-encoded them all, which i think is really cool. big thumbs up.
but they removed their entire category list so you can't just search the videos by category - and they are quite varied. now you have to go to one of the longest pages i've ever seen - there are easy 350 or 400 thumbs along with the date and title, each linking to a video. and they are not organized by category but by site. the "sites" aren't real - it's just a way of splitting up the content. and the page is soooo long that it's hard to manage plus it's not like people know what categories are on it till they scroll scroll scroll. so we're talking about a much nicer content collection that is more difficult and frustrating to navigate. it was so much handier having individual category pages, each with a manageable number of thumbs.
another site decided they needed more hardcore content, so they started shooting only hardcore and pulled all their exclusive solo material off their site entirely - while they now have 100% guy/guy action, they have 2 less videos than they did over a year ago. and the solos were pretty good, too.
one site had some very hot models in solo non j/o content. it was unique and interesting, but shot in blah settings often in front of a couch with a sheet hanging behind it, and the content was very dark. their response was to stop shooting the hot male stripper types and buy or shoot j/o content with regular guys. so now the guys who join because of the special type of content and models shown on the tour won't find them unless they hunt through the archives.
why do sites do this stuff?
:bang:
here's an example. one site had around 300 videos last review and they were 320x240, which was already getting to be on the small side. they now have 500+ videos and all their videos are now 640x480 and better quality - that's right, they re-encoded them all, which i think is really cool. big thumbs up.
but they removed their entire category list so you can't just search the videos by category - and they are quite varied. now you have to go to one of the longest pages i've ever seen - there are easy 350 or 400 thumbs along with the date and title, each linking to a video. and they are not organized by category but by site. the "sites" aren't real - it's just a way of splitting up the content. and the page is soooo long that it's hard to manage plus it's not like people know what categories are on it till they scroll scroll scroll. so we're talking about a much nicer content collection that is more difficult and frustrating to navigate. it was so much handier having individual category pages, each with a manageable number of thumbs.
another site decided they needed more hardcore content, so they started shooting only hardcore and pulled all their exclusive solo material off their site entirely - while they now have 100% guy/guy action, they have 2 less videos than they did over a year ago. and the solos were pretty good, too.
one site had some very hot models in solo non j/o content. it was unique and interesting, but shot in blah settings often in front of a couch with a sheet hanging behind it, and the content was very dark. their response was to stop shooting the hot male stripper types and buy or shoot j/o content with regular guys. so now the guys who join because of the special type of content and models shown on the tour won't find them unless they hunt through the archives.
why do sites do this stuff?
:bang: