OFFICIAL
79.5
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
11.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
11.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
55.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
16.5 / 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. Hardcore amateur content.
2. Sharp looking design.
1. Older vids are single format.
2. Average picture size.
"Raquel and TJ have a slick looking site where they showcase themselves 'doing it'." |
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Raquel's World is a single amateur site operated by Raquel and husband TJ. She says they are exhibitionists who love sharing their sex life with their fans. That seems to be the standard rationale used by about 80% of amateurs when explaining why they have a website. Unlike many other internet amateur couples, these two don't seem to be swingers so the hardcore content is just between the two of them. While you're not going to find group sex or crazy stuff that swingers might offer, the content here has a bit more class to it while still including hardcore action.
Without a doubt, the site design is a cut above most other amateurs which is nice to see. This is a sharp looking design with well organized content sections. The only drawback is the drop-down menu bar doesn't work unless you let every item on the page load first. They are aware of this and it should be corrected soon.
The bulk of Raquel's content is the pictures and videos. The pictures are in a couple hundred galleries and are a nice mix of softcore solo Raquel and hardcore sex. As far as hardcore are concerned straight sex, bj's and cumshots seem to be their favorites. Picture quality is good, although they could be larger. Most are around 480x640 or so. Thirteen pages of videos are available and the total number is around 200. I was a bit worried at first because the first few I watched were very grainy. After checking out more of them though, these seemed to be the exception rather than the rule and mostly the video quality is just fine especially for an amateur site. All are Mpegs that can be streamed or downloaded.
For webcams, Raquel is part of the Camz.com and AmateurCamHouse.com networks which means you can see her shows as well as other amateurs. On top of that she does a live streaming vid-chat (Windows Media stream) every Friday night at 9pm ET. If you add this with her diary that's updated every few days, this site has a very interactive and personal touch to it. That's nice to see considering other amateurs expect pictures, a few videos, and one cam show to suffice.
The sections I haven't mentioned yet include Erotica Stories and Jokes. Surprisingly enough, the Jokes section is very large and pretty damn funny. You'll get a few laughs out of it. Membership is $19.95/mo which is also good to see. Once again, any porn site charging under $20/mo is very nice. To sum up, the big pluses here are the design and interaction. The pictures and video content is what you'd expect from an amateur.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 10-05-04 |
Upon visiting the site I was greeted with a pop-up type summary of this week's updates. Even though the pop-up was there last time I didn't mention it in my review. I've seen thousands of pop-ups in my day and I've gotta say this is probably the most useful one that I've ever been confronted with. As an amateur it's good to know she (and her husband) is on top of things with constant attention to the site. I don't at all mind having that info thrown in my face.
The other change I see is in the video section. Recent additions now are offered in MPEG, WMV, and QuickTime formats; older ones are still just MPEGs. Other than that things remain about the same. She still is doing the three weekly cam shows and updating her journal 1 to 3 times per week. Racquel site remains a good choice for those of you wanting a hardcore husband and wife amateur site.
Score remains at 77.7.
| 2nd Follow-Up Review |
Review: 02-09-06 |
Racquel's site is rolling right along with a couple of updates per week. She has an announcement about the videos section being a bit more compact which is true. It wasn't difficult to navigate before so what's she's done is just clean it up a bit. The overall design still impresses, I've seen a ton of solo amateur sites and her is so well done that it still stands out from the crowd. The new video additions still have the multi-formats I mentioned in the 1st follow up and newer picture galleries can also be downloaded in zip files. Since there's no huge changes to report on I'll just say Racquel still has herself a solid amateur site.
Score increased from 77.7 to 79.5.
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