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Content
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| Quality : |
18.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
61.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.5 / 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. Lots of content.
2. Quality is great.
3. Good interaction.
1. More options would help (browsing, downloading).
2. Many updates aren't of Rachel herself.
"Hot chick, hot pics, lots to see, great quality, good interaction. That sums it up." |
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Well, well. Busty Rachel has a new (full) name, and a new site to boot. I remember this hot chick back a few years ago, and her site has transformed completely since I saw it last. She now has a new pornstar-esque name, Rachel Aziani, and is going for a much more pro-am (maybe even just pro) look and feel to her site. However, behind all the flashy graphics and animations, I think once you're inside her site has the heart of an amateur, with the extras usually only found on the pro sites.
Looking around her tour, it looks professionally made, which I guess is good in that whoever built it knew what they were doing. There are a few popups, which the pro's also enjoy ;-) But thankfully the prices are still down on the amateur level, with a monthly option of $20 being a welcome treat.
Once inside, the first thing you see (besides some links to buy her DVD's, they look to be of the homemade variety) is her updates. She doesn't appear to have any regular schedule; sometimes there are several updates in a row (or even a couple on the same day), and other times there's five or so days in between. Either way, she seems to keep the site pretty fresh mostly with new stuff of herself, but also a few other models thrown in (from the bonus site you get access to, Hottie's Heaven). New photosets of Rachel come once a week, but usually there's a video coming a few days later along with it. The other model's pics are a nice fill-in to give our lady of the hour a break.
Her photosets go way back to 1999 when her site first opened. Man this chick has some big boobs! Her first pics are obviously pretty small (as they all were back then), but already you can see they're a slight step above the other amateur's pics at the time. Updates came once a week, and were often pretty small (15-25 pics on average). She was mostly softcore for the majority of her site, but hardcore started with a bang in early 2003. Plus her photosets started getting larger, which is good to see (50-60 pics on avg, with some up to 150+). The only problem with the hardcore set is they usually look to be video captures, probably because (duh) they're getting both pics and videos for these sets. The photos are still pretty large, 700x500 or so, but they don't have the same quality their actual photos do.
The newest photosets of the last year look pretty damn good. The man behind the cam is doing his job well, and has improved a bunch since their early sets. Photos now come in around 1025x680 most recently, and seemed to have a small jump in size every few months. The quality looks really nice, and is better than most any other "amateur" I've seen out there. Again I'll say it looks like they've switched genres away from the amateur world.
The videos section isn't quite as big, but there's still quite a bit to look at (a bit over 40 videos). Thankfully it looks like they're updating it pretty regularly, so this should grow in time. As with the photo section, the quality here has improved with time as well. Their current offerings usually have a slight reality-type video to them, with a hardcore view on things lately. All her videos are in Windows Media format, and have both large and small options either playable in your browser, or downloadable. The videos themselves look great at 400x300 and encoded around 900kbps! Taking them full-screen looks great too, so you can get Rachel up close and personal. They're doing everything right here, the only thing I want is more of them!
The extras here deserve their own review as well, but all I've allotted is a few sentences at the end here, whoops! She has a few cams around her house (namely in her office, and pool) that are on all the time according to the site. She's in the middle of a move now, so things are a bit weird with them. She also does live shows each week to interact with her member's, AND she keeps archives of them up so you can watch them if you missed it. This adds almost 70 videos to the site. She also has a diary that's updated almost daily right on the main page of her site, which provides some good reading. There's tons of 3rd party feeds to check out, which are cool if you're into that. The best "extra" is access to the site Hottie's Heaven, which features other good-looking ladies shot (I think) by Buzz as well, so expect the same photo quality/style as you get from Rachel's new pics.
This site is a big step above most amateur sites, but still offers a lot of the things you look for from them. It's also not quite as huge as some of the more corporate sites, but lets you get a lot of the things you'd normally miss on an amateur site. Thankfully the pricing is right in line with most amateur sites, so the value is pretty good overall. Between Rachel's site (pics, videos, and camshows), the Hottie's Heaven access, and the cam networks you get a lot of bang for your buck. It doesn't hurt that Rachel's a hottie either, and the new addition of hardcore to the site is definitely welcome. Rachel's is one of my new favorite amateur sites, and she pulls up alongside Kelly Madison as a good in-between of the amateur world and the corporate world. However, the two sites aren't really a good comparison to one another since they provide pretty different stuff, and I'd have to give the edge to Rachel on photography, interaction, and exclusivity which is what you want from an amateur site.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 09-03-04 |
One thing that wasn't contested before was that Rachel's hot. She's still hot, so don't worry. Her site has a new look, which is still as sharp as ever. I think I liked the colorful version before a little more, but something new is always good. The only thing I really don't like is the top menu in the member's area, as the text is difficult to read for me.
The site has shifted a little more away from Rachel, and onto other women. The latest update feature only depicts other girls, but if you head into Rachel's section she's still going strong as well. Everything looks as good as it did before, and I still get the same feeling that this is a great in-between of the amateur and pro realms. You kinda get the best of both worlds.
About the only other thing I'd want to see changed is her diary put on its own page as it's tough to read it the way it is. My score was high before, and will stay that way. Cool site, hot chick, nice price.
Score increased from 88.0 to 88.6.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 03-22-05 |
Well, well. What have we got here? Looks like a new design is in order, but that's about the only fun new thing here. The price was jacked up a bit to $30 for the first month (though it recurs lower later thankfully).
I obviously like this site a lot before, and I still do. The members area continues to grow, though it's not a typical one-girl show here. There's still lots of other content, which looks great, but you should be content with that for sure. Besides the regular content updates, without much new here the score will mostly just change from the price increase. Still quite a nice site, especially if you're into the content!
Score increased from 88.6 to 89.0.
| 3rd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 06-16-08 |
Rachel's site continues to impress today, with the site as alive and kicking as ever. The site is pretty large for a solo site, and her interaction is still doing great as well. You can't quite call this an amateur site anymore, mostly because the quality looks great and well above what you'd normally consider to be amateur. One weird thing for a solo site is how much content there is of other girls here, but I guess you can't complain overall. With lots of content, regular updates, great quality, and some good interaction, they offer most everything you'd look for in a site.
Score decreased from 89.0 to 87.5.
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