Comments on: Notches’ Niche – the Whole Universe http://tpgblog.com/2008/04/21/notches-niche-the-whole-universe/ Discussion, advice, and reviews regarding online products, the people behind them and the trends they represent, from Modular Innovation and Product Management to User Experience and Quick-UX. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Paul http://tpgblog.com/2008/04/21/notches-niche-the-whole-universe/#comment-801 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:44:19 +0000 http://tpgblog.com/?p=401#comment-801 jeremy, this is interesting, wondering if there is a partnership here with petciety. sitter reviews and credibility is huge part of our community and being able to pull from other sources if we can confirm it’s the same identity would be an added benefit for our users.

]]> By: Luigi Cappel http://tpgblog.com/2008/04/21/notches-niche-the-whole-universe/#comment-261 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:09:05 +0000 http://tpgblog.com/?p=401#comment-261 I’ll have to give it a try on FaceBook and see how it is. I have been working on the FaceBook app for 101 Best Places in New Zealand and also http://www.aamaps.co.nz and one of our concerns is about negative comments, where they may come from a competitor or may in some way be unfair. I like the idea of reviews and opinions as a way to help businesses lift their game, not just as a way to say something nice or otherwise. The thing with reviews is of course that 10 times as many people are motivated to use a review to complain than are likely to give kudos.

]]> By: Corey http://tpgblog.com/2008/04/21/notches-niche-the-whole-universe/#comment-257 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:50:54 +0000 http://tpgblog.com/?p=401#comment-257 @Jim,

One easy thing to point out is you guys are focused on product reviews. Notches supports things like restaurants, people, media, events, etc. We look at independent developers and unfunded startups as our partners right now.
-Corey

]]> By: Jim Morris http://tpgblog.com/2008/04/21/notches-niche-the-whole-universe/#comment-256 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:54:39 +0000 http://tpgblog.com/?p=401#comment-256 Hey guys,

This looks interesting but are there any reviews in the system yet? I added the FaceBook app and only see a couple reviews. Maybe you’ve got a database of scraped reviews you’re going to unleash soon though downloading and redistributing the content may be tricky since the content is owned by the retailers themselves.

I’m not sure where Notches and Buzzillions differ except that we don’t redistribute content. We’re both bringing in quantities of reviews from disparate sources for the benefit of consumers getting better information. Maybe we’re not buzzword compliant but we do strive to provide high quality information from high quality sources to consumers…I swear :)

Cheers, Jim
GM, Buzzillions.com

]]> By: Jeremy Horn http://tpgblog.com/2008/04/21/notches-niche-the-whole-universe/#comment-254 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:23:50 +0000 http://tpgblog.com/?p=401#comment-254 Buzzillions is the aggregated result of PowerReviews, but those reviews are not further processed through normalization and summarization technologies like Notches does. Reviews from Notches get processed and ‘enhanced’ through its platform algorithms to give you, what you might call, ‘reviews+’.

]]> By: ric http://tpgblog.com/2008/04/21/notches-niche-the-whole-universe/#comment-253 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:57:16 +0000 http://tpgblog.com/?p=401#comment-253 Doesn’t powerreviews centralize their non-paying client reviews in buzzillions.com?

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