Review aggregator

A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services (such as films, books, video games, software, hardware and cars). This system stores the reviews and then uses them for purposes such as creating a website for users to view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies and creating databases for companies to know about their actual and potential customers. The system enables users to easily compare many different reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate average assessment, usually based on assigning a numeric value to each review according to the degree of positivity toward to the work.

Review aggregation sites can now have an economic impact on the creators of the items reviewed, especially in certain categories such as electronic games. Depending on aggregate scores achieved, company stock prices can rise or fall, as can royalty payment rates and employee bonuses.^[1]^[2]

List of review aggregators

Books

Cars

alaTest
Carbuzz (www.carbuzz.co.uk)^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Epinions

Computers, Electronics, and Phones

Film and Television

Games

Music

Other categories

Critics.gr (Greek multi-category site)
Epinions
TestFreaks
BestReviewRatings.com (Supplement review aggregator)

Notes

^ Nick Wingfield (2007-09-20). "High Scores Matter To Game Makers, Too". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
^ Liam Lacey (2011-08-26). "The studios wake up to the power of Rotten Tomatoes". Globe_and_mail. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
^ Lowe, Martin. "Is this the most useful new car website?". Guardian. Retrieved 28/10/10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ O'Hear, Steve. "Car comparison site Carbuzz aims to ride slipstream of expert reviewers". TechCrunch EU. Retrieved Nov-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ WebUser Magazine. Jan-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Greek, Dinah. "Carbuzz car comparison website launched". Computeractive. Retrieved Nov-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ Needleman, Rafe. "Still more reviews aggregators: Retrevo, DigitalAdvisor, and TheFind". CNET. Retrieved Sept 24, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ McCracken, Harry (2011-08-16). "The 50 Best Websites of 2011". TIME. Retrieved Sept 24, 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

References

Needleman, Rafe (September 20, 2006). "Wize: reviews aggregator tallies user feedback". cnet.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
Needleman, Rafe (October 19, 2006). "Still more reviews aggregators: Retrevo, DigitalAdvisor, and TheFind". cnet.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 July 2010.

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[wsj-1] Nick Wingfield (2007-09-20). "High Scores Matter To Game Makers, Too". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2008-02-15.

[2] Liam Lacey (2011-08-26). "The studios wake up to the power of Rotten Tomatoes". Globe_and_mail. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

[3] Lowe, Martin. "Is this the most useful new car website?". Guardian. Retrieved 28/10/10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[4] O'Hear, Steve. "Car comparison site Carbuzz aims to ride slipstream of expert reviewers". TechCrunch EU. Retrieved Nov-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[5] WebUser Magazine. Jan-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[6] Greek, Dinah. "Carbuzz car comparison website launched". Computeractive. Retrieved Nov-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[cnet1-7] Needleman, Rafe. "Still more reviews aggregators: Retrevo, DigitalAdvisor, and TheFind". CNET. Retrieved Sept 24, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[8] McCracken, Harry (2011-08-16). "The 50 Best Websites of 2011". TIME. Retrieved Sept 24, 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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