Social Media Examiner | Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/feed/ Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:27:44 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19633<![CDATA[Samantha Gentile replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19633 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:13:02 +0000 Samantha Gentile replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business Just about every person I know looks at Trip Advisor before travelling and booking a hotel overseas, including myself.  This is the only online rating service I have ever used.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19527<![CDATA[Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19527 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:27:10 +0000 Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business The most common complaint against Yelp is not that individual reviews are tampered with but that plenty of good reviews just plain disappear form the site.Then magically reappear once the business owner starts […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19526<![CDATA[Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19526 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:25:43 +0000 Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business @joanmuschampfagnani @supereb I used to read the complaints and think it was isolated or justifiable or whatever. Then as I got more involved with monitoring my own and my clients page I saw, with my own eyes […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19520<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19520 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:11:42 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business I didn't know that about Yelp either.  Bad JuJu for Yelp.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19514<![CDATA[Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19514 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:38:29 +0000 Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business @abigailgorton I don't use Yelp, but saw a few different articles recently on how important it is...I also didn't know that they "fix" them for paid "members". hmmm

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19512<![CDATA[Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19512 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:32:57 +0000 Abigail Gorton replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business I am on both sides of the fence. I do read and pay attention, especially over hotels and travel. But I also KNOW that Yelp fixes the reviews. They remove favorable ones that magically reappear after a business […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19506<![CDATA[Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19506 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:48:56 +0000 Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business @prestonodenbrett The price tag clearly affects our behavior. So, fact to be stored in marketing file--teh bigger the ticket, the more important to pay attention, as well as ask cutomers for feedback (I actually […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19503<![CDATA[Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19503 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:44:37 +0000 Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business @supereb @phil_lauterjung I do agree about high ticket items. And Phil's point about a lot of negative reveiws is well made. I do read restaurant reviews, but I also do that ni magazines and newspapers, too, […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19502<![CDATA[Preston Odenbrett replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19502 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:44:03 +0000 Preston Odenbrett replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business @joanmuschampfagnani The only time I go to review sites is when I am ready to purchase.. I just don't go to one, I go to many to see overall what people are saying about a product that I am ready to buy. Mostly […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-<![CDATA[Phil Lauterjung replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post- Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:31:37 +0000 Phil Lauterjung replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business @joanmuschampfagnani When it comes to online review sites I use them, but I don't depend on them fully to make a decision. I would agree with @supereb re: making a large $ purchase...I will often read a few […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19494<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19494 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:11:02 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business And just in case - here is an article about Angie's List:
Hope this helps.
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19492<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/online-rating-services-do-you-usebelieve-them/#post-19492 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:08:06 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic Online Rating Services- Do you use/believe them? in the club Small Business Hi Joan.
Hmm - I do what you do but, at Amazon if I'm purchasing a big $ item I read practically every review unless there are hundreds. Not even I make time for that many! Heh.
I do sometimes go to review sites […]
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