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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
58.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
13.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
8.0 / 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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| Editor: Duke |
Initial Review: 05-10-07 |
| Follow-Up Review(s): 02-27-08 |
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1. Lots of models, exclusive content.
2. Multiple vid formats, zips for pics.
3. All pic galleries are dated.
1. Average member's area design.
2. Some upsells, DVDs & live chat.
"Czech Boys content collection is pretty impressive even if the site design could be polished up a bit." |
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Czech Boys describes itself as a gay erotic daily ezine and the guest tour does have a content glossary which provides insight into their collection. They do have some columns, news, and user comments but like most paysites the picture galleries and videos are the main material for members.
The Goods:
- Lots of Models, Exclusive Content. The Exclusive Model section is deep with a long page of entries dating back to the year 2000. This main page for browsing is a sort of model index with links to each guy’s galleries and videos. The videos from these guy pages tend to be solo and interview shoots. A separate section is available with a couple hundred hardcore guy/guy and group hardcore videos.
- Multiple Vid Formats, Zips for Pics. The download options are worth mentioning. The standard vid format is DivX and there are streaming Real and QT for a couple additional choices. The photo galleries can be browsed online or downloaded as zips.
- All Pic Galleries are Dated. This is important to see from a site that refers to itself as an ezine. It's also possible to re-sort them by model popularity, age, dick size, height, weight, and hair color.
The Bads:
- Average Member's Area Design. Even with the handful of gallery sorting tools they could still spice up the layout. The hardcore "action" videos have no such sorting feature which is frustrating. It also took me a minute to find the small text tab links for site navigation which are at the very top of the member's area header.
- Some Upsells like DVDs & Live Chat. This came to my attention mostly on the main member's page. A large portion of the right margin has a bunch of thumbnail links to a 3rd party live chat service. Also, these guys have a couple DVDs for sale and other Pay-Per-View links.
Conclusion:
Czech Boys does have a lot to see with their own models and videos plus quite a bit of leased material as well. The message board, articles, and other ezine type stuff does a decent job of rounding out the member's area. The overall appearance of the sites isn't fancy but the sizable library of content is the main selling point here.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 02-27-08 |
After re-reading my review and taking a look around Czech Boys I see that the core concept has held steady. The updates continue to be made so there is an even larger collection of content. Overall the bullet points I previously made still apply. The sizable collection of pictures and videos including exclusive shoots is the main asset. There is a pretty active message board as well which is a good ezine like feature. The navigation setup has stayed the same with more sorting features on the picture galleries than for the videos. However, they do have a navigation help page which breaks down the different browsing tools and explains the content sections. Czech Boys remains a solid site with lots of content and a specialty on Czech/European models which is a sub-niche that helps differentiate them from many other gay sites out there.
Score increased from 80.0 to 81.0.
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