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Today I'll be starting a series of articles comparing how a modern site named PissedConsumer.com developed by and for customers' stacks up against the industry veteran Consumer Reports. Will the beginner be able to struggle against the giant?

You would see the difference at once if you try to load the same elements of these sites. In case we match the looks we can realize that Consumer Reports has a bit simpler but more professional interface. The basic hues that are utilized during the creating of interface are grey, white and blue. There are lots of links, images, and a scrolling window with top articles framing the face. Pissed Consumer also uses a simple interface with a generous red and white hue. You can see that Consumer Reports looks significantly more professional. This is partly because of the various advertisements all over their webpage (supported by Google). Additionally, while there are lots of links, there are no images and the font utilized is not absolutely uniform making reading a bit difficult on the eye. There are some sections that are quite helpful. Recently developed reviews and articles from the consumers can be simply found by usage of the first section. Another is a “hot topics” section with one word links to the subject. The only thing which I didn't like is the little font size utilized in the links which are placed in hot topic section.

I found Consumer Reports to be excellently organized with topics divided into broad topics that could then be narrowed to my specifications as required. The front page was also kept up to date data that was related to the newest published issue of Consumer Reports Magazine. The arrangement of Pissed Consumer is also quite appropriate but it has got some evident disadvantages. The front page contains the most lately posted complaints and articles which may be a little confusing to a first time customer. There is a board which includes lots of articles. This board is actually flaring but the articles are not arranged by their matters appropriately. Fortunately, both websites do feature a handy search system in case you can't find what you're looking for on the main page. Most of Internet users who are offered to visit these websites at the first time announce that Consumer Reports includes more information than Pissed Consumer. Pissed Consumer covers almost every category that Consumer Reports does, however its menu interface is not as easy to use, making it harder to get what you're searching for.

All in all, while both websites cover the same range of topics, it seems that Consumer Reports is the website with better ease of usage and organization. It allows the visitor to quickly and efficiently find the information that they are looking for. Pissed Consumer isn't bad but its clunky interface and advertisements hold it far from splendor.