blackbeans
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- Nov 29, 2008
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I don't want to be the bringer of bad news, but more and more people are tuning in to the fact that if you want unbiased, truly helpful reviews, there's really only one way to do it.
The sad news is it's not using traditional search terms.
For example, "best XXX review".
That's not gonna cut it anymore.
People are going to put an extra word in there, whether XXX means vacuum cleaners, blenders, laptops, dining room tables, or whathaveyou, they're going to put in an extra word there.
And what is that word?
Reddit!
Because people know that when people post content on Reddit, people are gonna get called out.
Spammers and scammers are going to get penalized.
So there's that added level of protection against the inherent problem facing online reviews.
What is this problem?
Everybody should see it.
Even Stevie Wonder should see it.
It's called a conflict of interest.
Just think about it.
If I'm gonna put up a website that says "best vacuum cleaners," you best believe I'm gonna be only promoting vacuum cleaners that pay me a commission.
It's that simple.
At the end of the day, I don't really care what your needs are.
I don't really care whether you get the best vacuum cleaner for your money.
All I care about is getting paid, and that's exactly the problem all those review sites, all those review pages, all those self-serving, supposedly "consumer review" platforms on the Internet suffer from.
Out of nowhere, Reddit comes to the rescue because Reddit is hard to fool.
Reddit is hard to fake.
Chances are that when you get a halfway decent recommendation on Reddit, it's actually closer to the truth than any of the top-ranked review sites out there.
That's why affiliate sites are on their way out.
So think in terms of the future.
Think in terms of user-generated content where you actually demonstrate the value of the content that you are promoting.
I'm talking about video.
But when it comes to blog posts, it's pretty much dead in the water.
The sad news is it's not using traditional search terms.
For example, "best XXX review".
That's not gonna cut it anymore.
People are going to put an extra word in there, whether XXX means vacuum cleaners, blenders, laptops, dining room tables, or whathaveyou, they're going to put in an extra word there.
And what is that word?
Reddit!
Because people know that when people post content on Reddit, people are gonna get called out.
Spammers and scammers are going to get penalized.
So there's that added level of protection against the inherent problem facing online reviews.
What is this problem?
Everybody should see it.
Even Stevie Wonder should see it.
It's called a conflict of interest.
Just think about it.
If I'm gonna put up a website that says "best vacuum cleaners," you best believe I'm gonna be only promoting vacuum cleaners that pay me a commission.
It's that simple.
At the end of the day, I don't really care what your needs are.
I don't really care whether you get the best vacuum cleaner for your money.
All I care about is getting paid, and that's exactly the problem all those review sites, all those review pages, all those self-serving, supposedly "consumer review" platforms on the Internet suffer from.
Out of nowhere, Reddit comes to the rescue because Reddit is hard to fool.
Reddit is hard to fake.
Chances are that when you get a halfway decent recommendation on Reddit, it's actually closer to the truth than any of the top-ranked review sites out there.
That's why affiliate sites are on their way out.
So think in terms of the future.
Think in terms of user-generated content where you actually demonstrate the value of the content that you are promoting.
I'm talking about video.
But when it comes to blog posts, it's pretty much dead in the water.
