While these may be nice sites, your list isn't comparable to his list. His list contains 30 web applications. Your list has two web stores and the rest are gene

While these may be nice sites, your list isn't comparable to his list. His list contains 30 web applications. Your list has two web stores and the rest are generally content sites. So you've kind of missed the point on why he put the list together. I don't agree with your opinion about his taste either. He's pointing to 30 sites which generally focus on driving new sales of their products. While they may have a similar approach, the list does contain a variety of styles and variations. I suspect the similarities in the designs speaks more to the selling process and the mainstream techniques used to drive sales rather than the author's "boring taste".