This article is dedicated to the confrontation of two rival web resources that propose a lot of consumers' comments about various productions and services. Those sources are named PissedConsumer.com and Consumer Reports. Will the newcomer be able to struggle against the giant?

The primary test is very primitive and you can perform it on your own: just load those websites simultaneously. This is evident that Consumer Reports is designed by true experts and has quite pleasing look. The main colors that are utilized during the creating of interface are grey, white and blue. The main page comprises lots of images and links which are connected to some short stories. Pissed Consumer also uses a simple interface with a gorgeous red and white hue. Nevertheless, their site does not have the identical professional feel to it as Consumer Reports. That is partially due to the different advertisements all over their page (supported by Google). The page that includes lots of links and no pictures is always harder to browse and your eyes should be always strained to search for the needed data. There are two sections which are quite useful. One is a lately discussed bar which demonstrates you the reviews or complaints with the latest comments to them. The other is a “hot topics” section with single word links to the subject. The one thing which I didn't like is the little font size utilized in the links that are located in hot topic section.

For the customer that visits Consumer Reports at the first time it is really easy to find some needed topics as they are strictly subdivided into some main subject matters. There is a Consumer Reports Magazine, but there are a lot of articles on their webpage that comprise the discussions of the issues placed in that magazine. From the other side, while Pissed Consumer was organized, it was to a much lesser degree. A lot of people who visit that website at the first time complain about a huge amount of bad organized data that confounded them at once. The right side does contain a basic list of categories but they are wide without an ability to make them more specific. Both sites comprise some excellent searching systems which make the navigation actions executed by users actually easy. It's also significant to mention that while at first glance Consumer Reports seems to have a wider range of product information, that is not true. Pissed Consumer covers almost every category that Consumer Reports does, but its menu interface is not as intuitive, making it more difficult to find what you're looking for.

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 organization. It permits the visitor to quickly and effectively find the information that they are looking for. Our small research displays that Pissed Consumer is not so comfortable and involving for visitors as Consumer Reports does.