Bright, eye pleasing and orderly, TellMeHowMuch.net doesn't seem to leave much to be desired in terms of look and feel. Logo isn't terribly impressive, but is clear, attractive and fitting. The top bar contains a date and feeds of news (to be assumed as latest articles) and comments displayed prominently so they're not easily missed. Same goes for the bar below the header with the main menu (only for home and about pages) and a search box. The sidebar blocks are positioned logically with email updates and latest entries on top and categories and ads on the bottom. There is however what seems to be an empty block in between them which just seems to add unnecessary clutter.

The main content area makes somewhat less sense. First of all the featured content block doesn't seem to be working as it just keeps animating the progress bar perpetually. Secondly, it's not clear what "R" in the teaser images represents as it doesn't have any obvious relation to the content or title of the site and a more logical thing to display, if anything, would be an image that is actually relevant to the article. Finally, albeit this isn't necessarily an issue and just an observation, there are three blocks for three categories of content and it's not clear why exactly these categories are picked out and not others. It might make more sense to display most viewed, recent or featured (of special interest) content instead.

Article view pages are quite decent, with no advertisements and clutter. There could be a little more margin or distinction between the date of publishing information and the "filed under" line or perhaps the "filed under" data could be displayed in the same line as the date of publishing. Below the article there is a "tags" line which doesn't seem to be displaying any tags (probably because articles don't use them) so this could safely be removed. There's also an extra empty block between the article and the comment form which is probably better removed. And finally, instead of just bold text it may be better for section titles in articles to use real heading tags which is probably a better SEO practice and looks better.

Design Rating: 8/10

Focus:

At first I thought this was a financial advice resource for some reason, probably because "how much" is what we typically ask when buying something or looking for a bargain. In that sense the title isn't entirely clear, but then again adding a slogan probably isn't a good idea given that the title already is essentially a slogan. Instead we can rely on the about page and the titles of content which quickly make it clear that the site is about answering various "how much" questions, not all of which have anything to do with finances.

There is only one problem though, and this really seems like a big miss. The about page is a default wordpress about page. In addition to neutralizing the value about page could add in terms of clarifying the site's purpose and encouraging people to check it out (or even contribute?) it gives an odor of being unprofessional. Needless to say that should be fixed ASAP.

That said, an obvious strictly on-topic nature of content saves the day. The site is about answering "how much" questions and each article does exactly that without fail and with the question in the very title.

Focus Rating: 8/10

Content:

Aside from the about page miss mentioned above there doesn't seem much to complain about with regards to content. Each of the 17 categories contains at least a few articles answering "how much" questions except the "Cars and Travel" category which has only one. Articles are long enough considering the specific nature of the question they're answering, but not too long and helped by the splitting into descriptively titled sections. They often also tell the reader how to find out the answer himself if it varies in time and place and offer additional information about the subject of the question.

Given the specificity of the question it might be a good idea to add a subtitle or a bold "quick answer" below the article just offering a numbers range if applicable. For instance if the question is "How much should a private tutor charge?" a quick answer may simply be: "From $10 to $150". This may be very helpful for skimmers looking for a quick estimation of something and aren't interested in any additional information.

Articles could also use more links and references about the subject matters. For instance, "How Much Should A Man Weigh" article talks about the Body Mass Index (BMI) charts, but doesn't show or link to any.

Content Rating: 9/10