Aug 09, 2001 05:44 PM
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My first time at mouthshut.com and hooked on to this great site
It was a few days ago that I first came across this website, and that too just coz a close friend of mine was asking me to read a review that he had written on the site and grade it. Me and read a product review and that too an online review...no chance buddy...no way... I wud rather count my fingers and toes that wud be a better way to kill time than get engaged with a website that takes forever to load, is infested with technical bugs and has jarring colors... My first and instant reaction (to my buddy who is hooked on to the site these days just as I am) was gimme a break and don't bother me with these silly what have u websites that are only bothered about increasing their page views and eyeballs hitting their websites without any value addition happening to the visitor. I normally avoid a second visit to a site unless it has been appealing enuf for me the first time around. But my friend was persistent and finally I had to give in to him... and before I realized it, the homepage of mouthshut.com was on my screen and now I have just one thing to say ''If it was in my hands mouthshut.com wud be among the best sites around''.
Every website is justified in its quest for more and more viewers. As only then would the very purpose for which they are there in business be served. But then the sites should have something about them that draws what could be called as REPEAT BUSINESS in management parlance i.e. they have a huge number of regulars (who keep coming back to the site for more) too along with an ever increasing number of newbies joining in. Sadly a majority of the Indian websites do manage to have a initial pull (mostly due to heavy advertisement spends, some big guy endorsing their website or major media hype and the like) but lack in pulling me back to them again UNLIKE mouthshut.com. I fell for the site the moment I laid my mouse on the site... boy what a well done site...the color scheme cud not have been more apt…just seems to flow from page to page with a smooth transition effect... the reviews written by a majority of the members sound like they are all professionals in the field...the top guys of the site (read CEO Faizal and Aarti) do give their customers an ear and atleast have a presence online...All these small things and many more do go a long way into making this site such a great place to hang around ...
Little did I know that I was to come across a website that would have me hooked on thus....hooked on so much so that I spend most of my free and waking hours glued on to the site...either reading other peoples reviews and rating them ... or deciding on what should be my topic (incidentally this is the first review that I am writing after a lot of debating with myself as to what should my first topic be) with which I can begin and start getting bouquets and brickbats from fellow members. And what a way I have been addicted to mouthshut.com ...just hooked cud say!!!
Way to go guyz...keep up the good work !!! Wud love to hear from all.
Cheerz
wunderboy
P.S. - Plz xcuse my slang ;-) ... STILL LEARNING ...
