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Content
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| Quality : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
9.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
7.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
4.5 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
51.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
2.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
11.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Temp Fill : |
6.9 / 10 |
| sub-total : |
6.9 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria
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| Editor: Duke |
Initial Review: 12-07-05 |
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1. Mercedes bangs her members.
2. Regular calendar & diary entries.
1. Unorganized site design.
2. Varying content quality.
"Mercedes is a pornstar who interacts with members as if she were an amateur." |
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Mercedes Ashley's guest tour has a busy design and it took me a minute to find her bio, which is under the FAQ section. This is always what I look for first from a porn star since often it will set the foundation for how involved a girl is with her site. Mercedes provides a detailed bio about her lengthy stripping career in LA clubs and bachelor parties and more recent forays into adult films and this website. Her Calendar has more info than I've seen from any pornstar or amateur including dancing appearances (which are almost daily) and shoot info. Her Forums/Diary are also visible to guests and from what I see she posts entries on a regular basis, every two or three days on average.
She has the basic content pieces you'd expect from pornstars but the one featured item has got to be her "Member Fuck Off Contest" where she bangs members and posts the videos on the site. That's definitely a perk that isn't something a whole lot of pornstars or amateurs do. Not only is it a bold idea but the execution is there as well. As of this review (Nov '05) she has 26 such videos on the site and she continues go do them at a rate of one every two weeks. Those are definitely the most interesting and coherent videos section, the rest of her vids are clips from movies she's done along with some custom masturbation scenes shot for the site. It really is a mixed bag of movies with some other random items like a Night Calls appearance, in the kitchen with Pamela Peaks, celebrity interviews, and some others in a separate fetish section. The quality varies with some looking nice, but the Fuck Off Contest vids disappointed me with their quality level. Ratcheting up the sharpness of those would help the site quite a bit.
Similar to the videos, the pictures are also a jumbled bunch of shoots ranging from Mercedes solo to hardcore action with other pornstars. There are magazine photo shoot sets mixed in as well. I already mentioned the Fetish Section which is separate from the Picture and Videos areas; it has stuff like strap on, foot fetish, smoking, humiliation, and a handful of other fetishes. Overall the site doesn't have a deep collection of content nor is it well organized. The design is pretty basic, but more importantly what's missing is categorization. Stuff like her magazine shoots, solo masturbation scenes, and video scenes should be grouped together in both the pic and vid sections. Right now they're not which makes things too scattered for my liking.
To reiterate, what really sets Mercedes apart from her fellow pornstars is her interaction with members through the calendar, diary, and the all important Fuck Off Contest. Often times pornstar sites tend to be polished and corporate with little involvement from the star herself. Mercedes is the exact opposite of that with a clear personal touch and a site that is, shall we say, unpolished.
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