http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/03/review-sites-wisdom-of-crowds-vs-bad-apples-in-barrels.html Tim Berry on business planning, starting and growing your business, and having a life in the meantime Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:26:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/03/review-sites-wisdom-of-crowds-vs-bad-apples-in-barrels.html/comment-page-1#comment-58337 Serves’m Right Award: Big Fine for Fake Reviews Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:07:13 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/03/review-sites-wisdom-of-crowds-vs-bad-apples-in-barrels.html#comment-58337 [...] I like using reviews on the Web (I’ve posted about reviews and review pollution here in Bad Apples last Spring and Reading Consumer Reviews last year), but they are easy to fake and abuse. In an [...] [...] I like using reviews on the Web (I’ve posted about reviews and review pollution here in Bad Apples last Spring and Reading Consumer Reviews last year), but they are easy to fake and abuse. In an [...]

]]> http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/03/review-sites-wisdom-of-crowds-vs-bad-apples-in-barrels.html/comment-page-1#comment-239 Wayne Liew Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:23:02 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/03/review-sites-wisdom-of-crowds-vs-bad-apples-in-barrels.html#comment-239 <p>What is being highlighted in this article is very true. There are indeed someone out there like our competitors who are trying to make us look bad while some businesses may ask someone from within the organization to leave a positive review. In my opinion, these issues don't usually matter if a products receive tons of genuine reviews from customers. The power of the community, in the end, will triumph. I think the allocation of the title "Power Reviewer" helps as well.</p> What is being highlighted in this article is very true. There are indeed someone out there like our competitors who are trying to make us look bad while some businesses may ask someone from within the organization to leave a positive review. In my opinion, these issues don't usually matter if a products receive tons of genuine reviews from customers. The power of the community, in the end, will triumph. I think the allocation of the title "Power Reviewer" helps as well.

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