Monkey’s Hand

Nowadays I'll commence a series of articles matching how a new site named PissedConsumer.com developed by and for consumers' stacks up against the industry veteran Consumer Reports. Will the newcomer be able to triumph over the giant?

The primary test is very simple and you may execute it on your own: simply load these sites at the same time. That is evident that Consumer Reports is designed by true experts and has quite pleasant appearance. That is really good for your eyes to adapt as the main colors used are grey, white and light blue. There are many links, pictures, and a scrolling window with the most popular stories framing the face. The interface of Pissed Consumer includes basically red and white colors which make it look perfectly. Anyway, Consumer Reports looks considerably more professional as Pissed Consumer does. This is partly due to the different advertisements all over their webpage (supplied by Google). Additionally, while there are lots of links, there are no pictures and the font utilized is not completely uniform making reading a little hard on the eye. There are two sections that are quite useful. Recently created reviews and articles from the customers can be simply found by usage of the first section. Another is a “hot topics” section with single word hyperlinks to the subject. One insignificant drawback of the hot topics section is that font utilized there is actually small to distinguish it simply.

I found Consumer Reports to be excellently organized with topics classified into broad topics which could then be narrowed to my specifications as required. For the supporters of Consumer Reports Magazine there is a section of the site where they can discuss any articles read in this magazine. On the other hand, while Pissed Consumer was organized, it was to a much lesser degree. Remember what occurs when you visit a website which is fully heaped up with a huge amount of various data. Maybe you are a bit perplexed. There is a board that includes lots of articles. This board is really flaring but the articles are not classified by their matters appropriately. Both sites include some perfect searching engines which make the navigation actions executed by users really easy. There is an opinion that Consumer Reports comprises significantly bigger amount of information but it is not true, actually. Pissed Consumer doesn't propose an appropriate interface that is why it seems to be less helpful, but it really can brag of lots of unique and truly helpful information.

All in all, while both websites cover the same range of topics, it seems that Consumer Reports is the site with better ease of usage and arrangement. It means that consumer has a chance to find needed information in considerably shorter terms. Pissed Consumer isn't bad but its clunky interface and advertisements keep it back from greatness.

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