MrSat.com - A Review
July 13, 2007
The following is a paid review
MrSat.com is terrible. While the information provided appears to be somewhat useful to someone looking for information on satellite dishes, yet I’m convinced you could find better information on Wikipedia. The site is visually painful. Seriously, it uses the blink tag for a blinking quote that slaps you in the face from the top center of the page. The lack of knowledge about technology does not end there, it also prompts for a needed Quicktime plugin, but I both have Quicktime and can’t see how this site could possibly use it…
Then, there is the poor organization of the information all over the rest of the page, leading to information overload. This poor organization makes it very difficult to find the answer to any specific question without reading through the entire site.
While most of the information may be useful for a specific audience, there is quite a bit on the front page that isn’t necessary, for example, “Common Misspellings of the word satellite.” It’s not really clear why this is necessary at all, but it definitely isn’t front page worthy. This sort of thoughtlessness as relates to information organization extends throughout the site.
The tagline for the site is “Mr. Sat, that’s my name. That name again is Mr. Sat.” It appears to be a play on the radio gimmick of repeating a name in an attempt to get consumers to remember it. Since we’re reading the name not listening on the radio, it just feels like Mr. Sat is being condescending, not funny.
The colors don’t match, and the banner at the bottom of the page requires you to scroll for no particular reason. With an entire redesign and better organization, this site might become useful, but until then, it’s just painful.
I do not recommend this site to anyone, ever.
Tags: mrsat, mrsat.com, review, satelite, satelitte, satellite, terrible
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That is the sweetest paid review ever! I love the first line: “Mr. Sat is terrible.” I clicked through to see if you were serious and I became painfully aware of the anguish you went through to review it. I believe I might have munged up my keyboard when I suddenly barfed all over my laptop.
The audio jingle that plays in the background cracked me up. But yeah, the site is a joke. I think I’m blind now. I can’t imagine why they paid for a review when it’s clearly not ready. Your link to it is broken btw. Had to type it in the address bar.
The cheesy jingle is borrowed from The Simpsons: Homer buys a plow truck and puts ads on public access TV. “Mr. Plow, that’s the name. That name again is Mr. Plow.”
My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
I can’t friggin’ believe that you wrote this review without harshing on this guy for including an incredibly annoying jingle rip-off from The Simpsons that he sang himself! Not only does he include it, he puts it on infinite loop! THE PAIN!!!!