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101Ratings.com Site / Blog

May 7th, 2008 · Comments Off · Rating & Review Systems

As you should know by now, I’ve been helping out on a new site called 101Ratings.com. This is the place to go if you need to find a place to rate whatever it is you were interested in rating (turbans, network diagrams, etc.). Some things to note about the site. 1. It’s useful. 2. It’s [...]

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Boycotting eBay

May 1st, 2008 · Comments Off · Auction Markets, Rating & Review Systems

From ReadWriteWeb we hear that buyers and sellers are still unhappy with eBay. The reasons? The boycotters still have many unresolved issues regarding the changes that have been taking place on the site, the most radical being a change to the feedback system which prevents buyers from being able to leave negative or neutral feedback. [...]

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101 Ratings site is up!

April 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · About This Site, Rating & Review Systems

I’ve been helping Aaron Schiff on a new website called 101Ratings.com. Here’s an intro to the site (from 26Econ) In my spare time recently I’ve been working on a little project with Alex Kirtland to develop a directory site for these various rating and reputation websites that are popping up all over the place these [...]

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Ratings on eBay

April 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · Auction Markets, Rating & Review Systems

According to the WSJ, the changes at eBay have had a significant, positive impact on the ratings of some sellers, but otherwise not made them very happy. Essentially eBay is encouraging sellers to do a better job of shipping (both in price and delivery times). This leads to higher ratings (more satisfied customers), which in [...]

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Lazy Blogger … Thursday’s Edition

April 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Auction Markets, Lazy Blogger Blog Post, Rating & Review Systems

From TechCrunch we learn that some people aren’t very savvy at pumping their own products. Wow. Who would have guessed that people abuse review and rating systems?!?! From 26econ we learn that eBay has banned the sale and auction of digital goods because it skews the feedback system. Fascinating stuff. ~alex

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