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Review Sites and their reviews

Before we engage in buying a product or availing a service, we try to know beforehand if it's worth the risk. Before we give our money for something, we need some sort of guarantee for that something. Often times when I want to know something about a product or service, I start blog-hopping. It's amazing how this blogging craze is contributing to the Information age. It's now very easy to find opinions about certain products or services. Take note however, that those are only opinions. Well, it's tiring to go blog-hopping because it is time consuming. We are not also guaranteed with correct information or at least credible opinions. One good thing though is the existence of review sites. Review sites are websites that contain different ratings for different products or services. Although these ratings are also opinion-based, there is a huge probability for its credibility. What's good also is that we don't have to visit different websites. A review site is a one-stop shop for reviews from different users or customers.

What do we need to look for in a review site? Depending on what is to be reviewed, what we need are answers to our questions regarding a product or service. If what we are looking for is a good antivirus software, we need to know one or more of the following features: Ease of use, Updates, Help and Support, Scanning Capabilities, Price, Supported Operating System and so on. If we are to review different online casinos, we would still probably want to look for best payout and bonuses, just like the physically existing casinos. Here is an example of an online review site. Online Casino Links provide for ratings of many online casinos. You too can give your ratings. Hmmm... an online casino should be fun. I don't need to physically be there to be able to play the slot machine or black jack switch hehehe. I just need to up my credits from my credit card though.

Ratings may differ from different sites. Some may range from 1 to 5, others may range from 1 to 10. Depending on the website, just be sure to select products or services with ratings not lower than 50% of the rating range. I choose products or services with at least 80% (4 out of 5, or 8 out of 10) rating. With that, I know at least I get the minimum requirements.

Samples of rating (taken from http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/)
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor

Whatever we look for in a product or service, what's important is that we are able to know what other people who already experienced using or availing it are saying. After all, we don't just give out our money for nothing.
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