Showing posts with label Forbes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forbes. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

More On The Death of Epinions

Since July 2002 I have been a member of Epinions. A reviewsite that many involved claimed was superior to Amazon and nearly everything else online. This despite the fact the site featured a database that was nothing short of a disaster. Over the last few months the owner, e-Bay, made disastrous changes that finally resulted in the death of Epinions last month.

A lot of people in a lot of places are pontificating about what killed Epinions. Former Epinions General Counsel from 2000-2002 Eric Goldman offers what he considers to be lessons taught by what happened here at Forbes online.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Interesting Reading Elsewhere-- "Amazon Tackles Review Problem, Deletes Wrong Reviews" (Forbes)

In her interesting piece "Amazon Tackles Review Problem, Deletes Wrong Reviews"  Suw Charman-Anderson recounts the recent efforts that Amazon has undertaken to find and delete fake reviews. Interestingly, not only does she detail both sides of the problem, she also points out the hypocrisy regarding Amazon's favorite number one reviewer,  Harriet Klausner.

Worth your time to read as are the comments.


Kevin