Comments on: How many Reviews does a Top 10 Restaurant need? http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-209636 Mike Blumenthal Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:29:22 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-209636 Hi David That's a good theory.....if we extrapolate that and apply to Washington...maybe all they see are folks like themselves and that leads to them assuming that the whole world is that way and voila: the War on Terror! :) Mike Hi David

That’s a good theory…..if we extrapolate that and apply to Washington…maybe all they see are folks like themselves and that leads to them assuming that the whole world is that way and voila: the War on Terror! :)

Mike

]]> By: Daniel M http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-209623 Daniel M Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:53:15 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-209623 Hi, I liked this post. What it shows for me is that we massively overestimate the willingness of people to get involved in user-generated content. The problem is that most websites are being developed in SF and the bay area, where people think that because they and their friends are all into it, everyone else must be into it as well. And they create all these business models based around it. Then, when they fail to materialise, they scratch their heads and wonder what happened. Well, the answer right here in this post! Hi, I liked this post. What it shows for me is that we massively overestimate the willingness of people to get involved in user-generated content.

The problem is that most websites are being developed in SF and the bay area, where people think that because they and their friends are all into it, everyone else must be into it as well. And they create all these business models based around it. Then, when they fail to materialise, they scratch their heads and wonder what happened.

Well, the answer right here in this post!

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208471 Mike Blumenthal Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:04:34 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208471 Miriam Are you saying that you and I are outspoken? :) I am curious about the difference. I suppose someone should compare cities of roughly equal size across several states and see what the results are. Wonder how you would account for greater metro area size....Buffalo does have some great restaurants for a city its size. It could be a result of regional differences, could be economic, could be cultural, could be tourism related or it could be Google's bias in choice of review sites. This post came out of the review of review sites that I did on Buffalo. Tomorrow I will update that with the review sites from Dallas....interesting comparison there as well. Mike Miriam

Are you saying that you and I are outspoken? :)

I am curious about the difference. I suppose someone should compare cities of roughly equal size across several states and see what the results are. Wonder how you would account for greater metro area size….Buffalo does have some great restaurants for a city its size.

It could be a result of regional differences, could be economic, could be cultural, could be tourism related or it could be Google’s bias in choice of review sites.

This post came out of the review of review sites that I did on Buffalo. Tomorrow I will update that with the review sites from Dallas….interesting comparison there as well.

Mike

]]> By: MiriamEllis http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208465 MiriamEllis Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:43:20 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208465 Mike, I really love these stats-oriented posts. I think you've opened a question here that deserves consideration, and I see that question as revolving around the psychology of why people leave reviews. I'm not sure it's correct to assume Texans are behind the times technologically. After all, every single one of the Dallas restaurants you listed has a website, whereas 2 of the Buffalo ones didn't. Could it be that NY and CA folks are more fixated with having one's 15 minutes of fame, having one's say, putting one's self forward than Texans are? Could it be that you and I hail from states that are simply more outspoken, in general? I certainly don't know but it's interesting to think about. Great post, Mike! Miriam Mike,
I really love these stats-oriented posts.

I think you’ve opened a question here that deserves consideration, and I see that question as revolving around the psychology of why people leave reviews.

I’m not sure it’s correct to assume Texans are behind the times technologically. After all, every single one of the Dallas restaurants you listed has a website, whereas 2 of the Buffalo ones didn’t.

Could it be that NY and CA folks are more fixated with having one’s 15 minutes of fame, having one’s say, putting one’s self forward than Texans are? Could it be that you and I hail from states that are simply more outspoken, in general?

I certainly don’t know but it’s interesting to think about.

Great post, Mike!
Miriam

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208449 Mike Blumenthal Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:04:22 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208449 Hi Mike I have trouble thinking of Buffalo as part of the vanguard. The city is more like Cleveland or Detroit than Boston or NY. Although it must be different than Dallas. :) Mike Hi Mike

I have trouble thinking of Buffalo as part of the vanguard. The city is more like Cleveland or Detroit than Boston or NY. Although it must be different than Dallas. :)

Mike

]]> By: Mike Orren http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208435 Mike Orren Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:13:25 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/02/29/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need/#comment-208435 Yes-- DFW is, in general, slower on the uptake on most digital local services, whether it's Google, Yelp, Eventful, Upcoming, you name it. Middle America ain't the coasts. Been saying it for years... Yes– DFW is, in general, slower on the uptake on most digital local services, whether it’s Google, Yelp, Eventful, Upcoming, you name it.

Middle America ain’t the coasts. Been saying it for years…

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