Managing Stress Now

Managing stres now is a very well designed site which is focussing on getting the user just what the domain says, Managing stress NOW!
Though its a free template available, the webmaster has taken extra lengths to make sure that this website stands out. I know what you all must be wondering, is it all looks and no brains, believe me that all i was thinking when i went to their “understanding stress” section. I am happy to report that i am pleasantly surprised. Though many articles are unavailable (granted the website is new), but the ones that are there have tons of information. I personally enjoyed reading that. I have bookmarked it and will make sure i will read it in full later. Another great section is their tips and techniques section, though as with the previous section, this too has a lot of “coming soon” tags, the ones that are there are good.

Simple written and to the point. No fancy schamcy words. Great for the ones who haven’t got a doctoral degree. After a few trips to the homepage I noticed the 1 minute instant stress relief play button, i played it and i know this might sound as if the owner of the website paid me millions(trust me, he didn’t even buy me coffee), but it DID help me relax.
Of to their resource section, i found relevant links to books and mp3’s. The soothing sounds is just a neat little feature, though i wish the owners make it keep repeating, so i can just switch it on and listen to the sound of water all day at work. Another thing to do would be to let people download those sounds so we can put them on our Ipods.

One annoying thing i felt was the absence of a home button. I really don’t like using my browser back button that much. Only later i figured out that clicking the main image of that attractive woman brings you home. Well i should have known, attractive women always bring you home.

I am pretty impressed at this website, its ad placement aren’t intrusive. I have seen similar website posts google ads all over the place. One original article and 20 ads in between. This website might not make a lot of money as those other websites, but it sure can keep its readers glued. I spent over 30 minutes at the website before i began writing this.
I am just waiting for the rest of the articles to come out.
anyway, as usual we’ll throw out some numbers.
Design - 3/5 (the design is great, don’t get me wrong. Its just that i am not a big fan of templates)
Content - 5/5 (great articles, did i mention that already, read their 5 min guide to stress relief)
Relevance - 4.5/5

Over all i give it a good 4/5. It will definitely be higher once those other articles come up.
A simple but effective thing i noticed was the author gave the topics of all upcoming articles already. So i know exactly what to expect. That will definately bring the users back.
Two thumbs up to managing stress now. Visit now by clicking!

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