Comments on: Professional vs Peer Car Reviews – Cast Your Vote! http://blog.easyautosales.com/professional-vs-peer-car-reviews-cast-your-vote/ Check us out under the hood! Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:59:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Will http://blog.easyautosales.com/professional-vs-peer-car-reviews-cast-your-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Will Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:28:01 +0000 http://blog.easyautosales.com/?p=522#comment-803 Thanks for the comment Luigi! We're getting closer and closer to "EAS 2.0"... We appreciate your support and feedback! Thanks for the comment Luigi! We’re getting closer and closer to “EAS 2.0″… We appreciate your support and feedback!

]]> By: Luigi Ferguson http://blog.easyautosales.com/professional-vs-peer-car-reviews-cast-your-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Luigi Ferguson Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:57:19 +0000 http://blog.easyautosales.com/?p=522#comment-797 In the beginning, I like to read what the pro's have to say. Just like you'd listen to what a Food or Movie critic would opine about. Then I go and check out what the masses feel. If the reviewers give it a thumbs up but the people who actually own it (or have at least driven it) give it a thumbs down...then it's a no go. There's no way I'd believe someone who spent two days more than someone who's lived with their car for months/years. One thing I'd advice against is a way of preventing people from gaming your system. All sites which have reviews are starting to put mechanisms in place to prevent fraud which lowers how serious you can take all of the review in aggregrate. Otherwise, it's exciting to see EAS 2.0, and I'm sure you guys are working out how to get this site to be an engine (no pun intended) for people looking for cars. Another option is to take the data on cars people are selling all around the country and provide an index. There was a lot of information about used cars getting more expensive. Did dealers increase the price on cars they submitted in their feeds? Did new listings for vehicles increase over previous submissions for the same cars with similar mileage? DisplaySearch and NPD made a ton of money leverage this kind of insight, packaging it and giving it to people who can use it. All the best. In the beginning, I like to read what the pro’s have to say. Just like you’d listen to what a Food or Movie critic would opine about. Then I go and check out what the masses feel. If the reviewers give it a thumbs up but the people who actually own it (or have at least driven it) give it a thumbs down…then it’s a no go. There’s no way I’d believe someone who spent two days more than someone who’s lived with their car for months/years.

One thing I’d advice against is a way of preventing people from gaming your system. All sites which have reviews are starting to put mechanisms in place to prevent fraud which lowers how serious you can take all of the review in aggregrate.

Otherwise, it’s exciting to see EAS 2.0, and I’m sure you guys are working out how to get this site to be an engine (no pun intended) for people looking for cars.

Another option is to take the data on cars people are selling all around the country and provide an index. There was a lot of information about used cars getting more expensive. Did dealers increase the price on cars they submitted in their feeds? Did new listings for vehicles increase over previous submissions for the same cars with similar mileage? DisplaySearch and NPD made a ton of money leverage this kind of insight, packaging it and giving it to people who can use it.

All the best.

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