I remember hearing Esther Dyson speak a few years ago where she said something to the effect of:
“The biggest difference between a real-world store and an online store…is the presence of OTHER CUSTOMERS”
…meaning that the informal process of observing other customers “just like them”, seeing what other people are considering, and getting the unsolicited “that’s fabulous…I have the same one and love it” is an extremely powerful influencer.
Well, we’re happy to report, Esther, that your intuition was correct, as evidenced by the fact that the “customer images” viewer is one of the most popular features on our site
[Images from one of our most popular Graco products]
So, who do think is the better salesperson…the happy, cuddly baby or this guy?
This is just another great way that Buzzillions can help customers feel more confident and make better decisions about their online purchases.
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Sometimes I wonder how Google is still the “best” search engine out there.
Because we are a “product reviews” site, we naturally track where we show up in Google for key terms. “product reviews ” is the main term…and we are thrilled to know that we are #7 (3 months ago, we were #50 or so), which is a great accomplishment and an indication of our growing “authority” in this space.
What baffles me, however, is the #5 result, “Product Reviews.net”
I can certainly see why Epinions, CNET, etc are up there. They are old, credible and popular sites. But product-reviews.net seems to me more of a “adsense parasite” site than anything else. To add insult to injury, their home page has a huge link to Buzzillions.com via an adsense ad.
You would think that Google would be able to figure out that these sites that just churn adsense clicks and reduce their relevance. And, I think it would remove a lot of the incentive to game the system.
I’m sure that we are not the only ones to face this problem…and I’m optimistic that other sites like Mahalo and others can find a way to improve search.
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