Review Forum

I thought I'd throw this idea out there,probably get shot down:cool

The forum doesn't have a small dedicated place for us to review the things we buy which are a lot of things us being Geeks.

When you Google for a review of a product you usually end up with Amazon ect ect,what I've noticed is Majorgeeks forum is always ranked really highly in Google searches so a thread with the keyword 'review' in will most certainly be up there in top search results on Google.

So what better for someone to come here through Google without logging in and reading a decent review from a third party unrelated to the product and having a clickable sales ad for the product at the bottom/middle of thread similar to other review based websites.

Well there it is,feel free to take it apart:-D

 

well...on you go then...snap to it. :-D

 

It sounds like a great idea.

I would be more inclined to believe members here who i know and trust to give honest reviews rather than the biased Amazon and Cnet.

 

I don't know either:-D That's what I thought just hardware and software.

Quick reference to specific product would be tough to implement its hard using vbulletin search to find things ,multiple reviews of the same product could be a problem but they could be grouped into one thread.

That would be the toughest problem,finding a review for a specific product but the users that find their way here from outside the forum may make up for that.

Could be forum that actually pays its own way:-D

 

Yeah I totally agree its has to be a decent review with a fixed minimum term of use,screenshots maybe,it has to be stopped from becoming a place to go and rant about products people have had bad experiences with because that's usually the only time people have the energy to write a review.

The best reviews would be ones that plan a review before the product has arrived not just after a extremely positive or negative experience,a good sticky could implement guidelines of course.

 

That's what I was thinking,reviews done by regular members here.I don't know if it will cut down on the mandatory "Is this any good" "Thinking of buying these" threads,third party reviews can/will still be dumped in there.

Moderation is your problem:-D

Will all reviews have to be approved?I don't know the answer that either I guess it would depend,if people stick to the directions in the sticky and post a minimum number of words not just "This modem $$$$$ng blows don't buy" "Waited 3months for this video card from such and such a company and got use puppy instead,steer clear!":-D

I'll leave it to you guys to work out the logistics I've just bought some new headphones I planning a review for

 

Hmmm?If the sticky is basically a template for the format of how a review should be written then people could basically fill it in.

So as quick example

How to write a review in this forum

All reviews must be of a purchased product and be tested for one week minimum.

Product name: Product name and model must be in the Title of the review,the word review must be added at the end of each product title. Depending on the product not all fields will be applicable,each section must be titled packaging,quality ect. ect.

Packaging: 50 words

Ergonomics: 100 words

Quality : 100 words

Manual : 100 words

Performance : 100 words,try to include numbers and repeatable tests for comparison

Value : 100 words min,try to include comparison products

Conclusion : 100 words

These are guidelines for the minimum expected for a review,if unsure observe the format of previous reviews and aim to equal or better the quality.

Something like that.

 

Obviously that would a template for a hardware review, a software review would be totally different and I'll leave that to the software experts around here.