Why so ugly?

[b0mbrman]

<< Ignorant me, but what the heck is Toms Hardware? Does deal with computer hardware or Sears type of hardware? Is it a web site? >>


tomshardware.com

 

[BigNeko]

skeletor,
Toms has had some excellent reviews in the past. I have learned a lot from both Tom`s Hardware Guide and Anandtech. But it seems that there just isn`t the energy put into the THG site like there used to be.
I can understand why you think Toms is more popular. While shopping for a motherboard about three months ago, I did see a retail mobo with a "Recommended by Tom`s Hardware Guide" sticker right there on the front of the box.

 

[fleshconsumed]

At least THG keeps up with the IT development; anadtech have not had a decent mobo review in 12 month... The last article that was of any use on anadtech was U2 videocard perfomance comparison, other than that i'd say anandtech is a dead place... RIP

 

[ProviaFan]

He has had a few interesting things that I read in the past, but for the most part, his reviews seem quite biased (especially the CPU reviews; I mean, comparing an Athlon XP to a Xeon, wtf?). Also, his site sucks ass, thus I go mostly to Anandtech.

 

[Martin]

Tom's IS more popular, even though it is not as good as AT, or as pretty

 

[skeletor]

<< wow, look how anandtech compares to hardocp, we need to get the word out and get AT more traffic

man also ars technica.. I would never have heard of ars technica if it wasnt for seti

slashdot is depressingly low though >>



The lower the Alexa traffic score the better. More popular sites have lower scores. Google for instance has a score of 4, which is slightly better than Microsoft and Yahoo.

 

Skeletor, don't mind those sassy and often idle guys. I knew Tomshardware before I ever knew Anandtech. It is true that Tomshardware is more popular than Anandtech.

But during the time I visited Tomshardware, there was no forum. Is this a new thing or am I mistaken?

Edit: I keep reading of how biased Tom's reviews are and how they get some kind of bribery. I'm not sure I buy into that claim. I have enjoyed their review for a while now. Secondly, I tend to read reviews from at least three sources, so I get a fair idea of what is best or good enough.

I do however agree that it gets quite harder to navigate. Also, I don't like that really dark colour background/scheme. Darkness is not my friend.