Peer Opinions vs. Expert Reviews: The importance of real world analysis
Thursday Mar 6th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
What do you take more to heart? The in-depth reviews of products and services conducted by writers at magazines and blogs, or the real-world reviews of your peers? We believe the proper stance is somewhere in the middle.
While expert reviews certainly fill a needed space, providing well-rounded analysis of each little nuanced feature of a [...]
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Reviews you can trust
Saturday Mar 1st, 2008 at 11:38 am
Ever notice companies always make bold claims in their advertisements? Claims about their product’s unshakable superiority over its field.
Have you ever bought one of those products based on such claims, only to discover that the product wasn’t all it was said to be? You were probably pretty upset.
In the 21st century, we have unprecedented opportunities [...]
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Peer Reviews and the Intelligent Consumer
Wednesday Feb 27th, 2008 at 3:28 am
Community is central to the SharedReviews model. By providing to our individual members a platform on which they can commiserate, sharing their consumer experiences, we intend to change the way that consumers consume.
It is our intention to create an unbiased venue that empowers the individual consumer to make intelligent and decisive buying decisions. The idea [...]
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A Slight Introduction
Wednesday Feb 27th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Greetings Reviewers,
My name is Blake Robinson, but you can call me blaker — as much of the world does. I’ll be assisting SharedReviews as a blogger who shares its views of communal consumer advocation.
I have worked in many facets of the technologies and currently contribute to about a dozen blogs, including popular review sites like [...]
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What makes review websites useful to you?
Wednesday Feb 13th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
In a recent article about online review websites, Marketplace Money pointed out that while users look for word-of-mouth recommendations of services and products, they trust their personal friends more than online reviews. The author, Leonora Chu, also talks about how to vet online reviews in order to find the opinions you can trust.
If you’ve had [...]
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