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Content
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| Quality : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
60.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Temp Fill : |
8.3 / 10 |
| sub-total : |
8.3 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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1. Good quality photos.
2. Some exclusive Aria content.
3. Good sized collection of pics.
4. Almost daily updates.
1. Videos lacked in quality.
2. Photos inconsistantly sized.
"A great example of how entertaining a properly created star site can be." |
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AriaGiovanni.com is the website of one of the most downloaded babes on the internet, Aria Giovanni. The odds are very good that you have run into this naturally busty, dark haired beauty somewhere in your adult internet travels. She is a former Pethouse Pet and Playboy and Hustler model in addition to the countless other magazines and websites on which she has appeared. She began her modeling career working for different amateur sites and has since emerged as one of the most versatile, glamourous models on the net. She has stayed true to her amateur roots and that is apparent in both the design and much of the content on the site.
I was very impressed with Aria's collection of photos. Adult star sites are typically some of the most disappointing to join. So often the attractive models think all they need is a pretty face and a great rack to have a successful site. Thankfully, Aria knows better. Her 18,000+ pictures are divided into categories for easy viewing. The categories include Amateur, Aria & Friends, Artistic Nudes, Candids, Fetish, Glamour and Appearances. Her pictures are pretty evenly distributed. All of them are softcore, though the Friends section does have some girl-girl activities going on. I was really surprised to see such a large Amateur section. I expected all the shoots here to be old and just thrown up as an Aria Archive. But they're actually regularly updated with new sets and many of the members on the message board claim this to be their favorite section of the site. I was surprised because I always associate Aria with the more high glamour shoots, and she does have plenty of those. She has shot with some of the best adult photographers and has many of their galleries on her site, in addition to the galleries shot specifically for AriaGiovanni.com. Quality is top-notch (with the exception of the amateur shoots which are also amateur in style and photographic skill). All of these pictures completely wowed me. My only suggestion would be to offer larger images. Most of the newer pictures are around 600x900 which is good but some of the older sets are as small as 400x600. Hopefully they're moving away from those and there are only larger images to come. I'll just make a quick note about the picture navigation. I appreciated the categories. 530 galleries would be difficult to navigate without them. However, I would have liked thumbnails of the galleries to go with each title. This really makes browsing so much easier.
Aria has around 125 video clips available. Most are between 3 and 5 minutes long. The newer ones are offered in Quicktime and Windows Media at two speeds. Most of the clips are of photoshoots with music dubbed in and the rest are behind the scenes videos, interviews and party clips. Quality isn't great but there are so many of them that I think this section is still worth checking out. Aria fans will definitely enjoy her videos.
I really got the impression that Aria is actively involved in the running of her site. The design is clean but not flashy. Everything is written from Aria and I felt she was behind the words. She keeps a diary that is updated 3 or 4 times a month and there is a message board on which Aria frequently replies to posts. This is much more than is offered on most pornstar sites and I was very pleased.
I was very pleasantly surprised by AriaGiovanni.com. I didn't expect nearly as many pictures as I found. The update schedule is fantastic with new galleries appearing daily Monday through Friday. The videos, diary and message board all nicely round out the site. I had a few minor suggestions regarding thumbnails and pictures sizes but overall this is a very good site at a very reasonable price ($25 a month recurring at $20). If you like Aria then you will love AriaGiovanni.com.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 02-17-05 |
The beautiful Aria has spent the last eleven months building up her already impressive collection of gorgeous pictures. With two to three new galleries added each week, her gallery count has increased from 553 to 759 for a total of approximately 24,000 pictures. This is a fantastic collection for any solo model site! Her number of videos hasn't increased quite as dramatically, going from 125 to 135, but at least there's something new.
Otherwise the site looks much like it did at our last visit, which is fine with me. She's still updating her diary and participating on her message board, letting fans really get to know her. I really enjoyed Aria's site and think it's a great join for all of her fans.
Score increased from 83.8 to 84.3.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 03-16-06 |
Aria is currently in the midst of a redesign and it looks like it's going very well. The new look is clean and professional and navigating is very simple. Since our last look at the site a year ago, Aria has continued with her near daily updates bringing her total photo tally up from 24,000 photos to 34,000. That's a great increase in just a year. The video count, however, remains right at about 137. That was a little disappointing but her quality galleries just about make up for it. The new photos are as sharp as ever. She really is a beautiful woman and knows how to work the camera. I was also pleased to see that she continues to update her diary frequently, as well. Things look good at AriaGiovanni.com. She continues to impress!
Score remains at 84.3.
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