We’ve made a new year’s resolution. From today we’re removing traditional adverts from Electricpig, and we’ve done it because you asked us to. Read on, and we’ll let you know all the other changes we’ve wheeled out.
Take a look at the sidebar to the right. You’ll see we’ve had a tidy-up, so our latest news, reviews, video and galleries are less cluttered.
When we re-designed Electricpig last year, you gave us a ton of feedback, and we responded. First to change was the homepage, followed by an improved commenting system. Now we’ve re-jigged the sidebar. We hope you like it!
But it hasn’t all been aesthetic. One of the things you told us you liked least was our adverts. We weren’t big fans either, as they meant we had less space to show you the latest gadgets, so we’ve found a way to run the site without them.
In their place, you’ll see we’re now working with carefully selected manufacturers to expand our existing Porky Partners programme. You’ll find sponsored tutorials, guides and close-up looks at their latest innovations. We won’t work with just anyone though, since we want Porky Partners to bring you genuinely useful information, about quality products.
It’s completely independent of our existing news and reviews, and gives manufacturers a better place to showcase their latest tech and explain it in depth, and since it’s written by Electricpig’s reporters and editors, you know it’s top quality.
To maintain a clear division between Porky Partners and Electricpig’s news and reviews sections, we’re taking steps to make sure the same writer will never write both. You’ll also see that we won’t compare products as part of Porky Partners, or award scores. Electricpig remains completely impartial.
We hope you like the new look Electricpig, and keep helping us mould it into the best tech site in the world. Keep your comments pouring in, and we’ll do our best to reply to every one.
