Alternative... Anyone?

Yeah ... you could go to Dailytech where the authors know nothing about what they are writing about but the sentences are short and manageable.

Anandtech might be also for you as the pages load a bit faster as the code is slicker and the ads are sized for speed ... the articles can be quite a bit beefier than here. Daily loads off the a$$ of Anandtech ... a plus there.

I might lose points for sending you away too ... then again I might get some points.

Your post is a cheeky one ... I like that.

Good luck !!!

reynod, how can you possibly recommend Dailytech? That's got to be one of the worst professional sites in existence. The comments section is like a blog with unlimited comments on a single page.

RSS Reader (Google Reader ) + content worthy sites = lots of info to absorb everyday.

I visit Arstechnica a lot these days.

Did they "BUMP" 3DMan?
I enjoyed his comments and bloopers...

Im not blaming BOM for their money hungry style they have used on the site, but its at readers expense, which ultimately has a reverse effect.

This site has gone from an informative website to a style befitting a "Home Shopping Channel"...

Im sure that a new site will emerge that can replace TH, with a more "Open Source" type feel that involves the user to explore articles instead of swamping "Best Deals", inapropriate Scientology adverts and a never ending stream of google ads that I despise with a passion.

But thats my opinion and my post is to ask other readers if they have found something worthwhile on the internet...

I rememberthe days when I used C4 .com as my search engine, until the simple design and uncluttered google came along... Websites come and go and executives that have the job of monitoring performance need to weigh up longevity in a site just as much as revenue... And this is where the good and bad execs stand out....

For me, this site is not attractive anymore and I maybe just one of thousands who do not visit as regular, but interestingly enough, TH is not as much a topic of conversation with my peers as it used to be.

All this means is, eventually, therell be less and less sites bringing this kind of good info, and those sites will actually grow in numbers too. The pie aint gettin any bigger, they just want a larger piece, and in a hurry.
I believe if they stayed the same, and went long haul, it would grow, as others changed, or fell. Look at Extreme Tech, now, they werent the hottest HW site out there, but it did have some good stuff, theyre gone. Some of the more knowledgeable people from there could have migrated here, if theyd kept it the same

Yeah well the hardware reviewers here at THG are simply poor ... fourth rate.

I though Chris Angelini has done a couple of good articles but the German reviewers are just second rate - they all just throw rubbish onto the page and their benchmarks are just not replicated by others.

They also bash AMD at any opportunity and that sort of approach just won't do they any favours - the educated among us know what Intel and AMD based systems are good at, and at what price range.

If I still managed PC Hardware trg where I work I would setup a lab and offer some reviews of my own ... they would have to be better than the rubbish here.

I have found there are a couple of exceptional reviewers out there - Scott Wasson and Anand .. both write very clearly and try to avoid fanboi comments.

The reviewers here tend to do the opposite ... there are so many example I just refer you to read ANY of them.

I come to THG for the forums ... not the website.

It has become so cluttered with ads and rubbish it is hard to find anything.

Very dissappointing.

I would be interested in what the reviewers think.

You people need to sit back for a moment and think from the perspective of a company (BoM) that makes its money from advertising and stop thinking like a hardware enthusiast.

BoM can't increase advertisement prices because advertisers won't pay up. There's a recession at the moment in case you've been living in Antarctica and haven't got the latest news. Advertisers are pulling plenty of ads off sites in general, so BoM can't afford to lose more of them by increasing prices.

Companies are having to cut staff and drop business areas that aren't making enough money to outweigh the costs. The late Tom's Games may come to mind.

At the expense of who... its readers?
Because at the end of the day... if they cant keep their readers then they will have no chance of selling ads...
Recession... I know what it is... and I know those that survive are smart...
but this all started prior to the recession... and is continuing its spiral down until it becomes scientology heaven (sic)

Well, thats good for them then.
Perhaps for my requirements of reading articles, navigation, website performance and most of all enjoyability of this site, it just doesnt work for me anymore.

Maybe I am so old now that I just dont enjoy clutter, a slow loading site and adverts plastered all over the place... *sigh*

Some people mentioned a few sites which I found nice, so I guess I will make them my new home.

I'm not defending the articles or saying I like the ads (I use Adblock Plus on every site and often block certain page elements too). I'm just saying that you can't expect them to ease up on advertising when that's their primary source of income and that source is pulling in the reigns as is.

Yea, TG Publishing screwed up a fair bit.

Remember that many of the reviews are translated so it's not the reviewers that are making errors in literacy.

Maybe. The reviewers don't have much time to check the forums for feedback on their articles and after all that's what the comments section is for. The problem is it also gets flooded with BS and fanboyism. You can always contact the writer(s) by clicking on their names above the article, assuming that feature still works.

how do you guys rate PCMag.com, i sometimes read them and they are OK.

TH/THG should start a magazine program, if not in paper they should make it digital, but don't use Zinio the suck

true^

but there are still some people who would read that magazine on TH and at least that way BoM would make some money and because now it will be more visible to other people, they will have to integrate more quality in their articles, to keep their image up and their readers subscribed