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One Reviewer's Formula for VH Computer Reviews that might just Click.
by nc10 | Aug 01 '03
A few things I should have known before I wrote my first epinion.

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I was... (Reply to this comment)
by DeRango
Told to check this out from a buddy of yours Alex

Your Review was excellent, truly well written, and I learned a few things I had not known before.

Thank you, your advice on what to write about helped me out greatly.

Kudos

--DeRango
Aug 21 '06
5:55 pm PDT

Old Advice isn't irrelevant (Reply to this comment)
by xenoranger
This thread may be old.. but it does make some great points. THanks for posting it.
Jan 11 '06
6:30 am PST

HI! (Reply to this comment)
by jchapkovich
Let me introduce myself; Just wondering what I could do to raise my rating for you to give me a VH. Thanks for your input!

:-)Jen
Feb 28 '05
5:05 pm PST

Thank you for a wonderful guide. (Reply to this comment)
by minusflo
Articles like this encourage new reviewers like me to do it right the first time...and hopefully everytime.

Tom.
Aug 31 '03
5:29 am PDT

Thanks for sharing your experience (Reply to this comment)
by Howard_Creech
you've provided excellent examples and lots of great advice.

Howard
Aug 07 '03
10:13 pm PDT

Hey... (Reply to this comment)
by yusakugo
Could you put up a permanent link in your profile page to this review... it's a superb work showing people one way to write imformative and VH reviews!

Rich
Aug 07 '03
10:02 am PDT

Great reference! (Reply to this comment)
by Dr_Steph
I'm saving this link so I can send to new writers who are struggling inthe computer hardware area. Thanks!

Steph
Aug 03 '03
8:47 pm PDT

This should be required reading! (Reply to this comment)
by lorace
Wonderful advice! Thank you.

I especially liked the paragraph about the negative reviews. So many newcomers don't realize that along with their disappointments in something, we really want to know what it is and what it does, also.

Keep going.

Lorace
Aug 02 '03
9:20 pm PDT

Re: Thanks for helping all of US! (Reply to this comment)
by nad_masters
This is a great ePinions, in my opinion. :) Thanks for writing this up, but I'm sure most of the newbies will either ignore it, or won't even read it (and just straight up rate it).

But for serious ePinioners, I think this is a great read.
Aug 02 '03
8:39 pm PDT

Thanks for helping all of US! (Reply to this comment)
by foood4thought
NC10,

Thanks for going out of the way to help us right better reviews! You have some good tips. I like the idea of composing the draft in notepad!
Thanks Again,
Foood4thought/Cyrix
Aug 02 '03
8:02 am PDT

Re: hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by nc10
Thanks for the comments!

Comments should be required! You shouldn't be able to rate until
you make a warm, heartfelt comment


Now there's an interesting concept. It would be interesting to see how that changed things here. I'd probably have to work on my warm/heartfelt skills though....

If others find something missing and you want to update to add that, great.

I'll think some how to word this, one point that I wanted to convey was that if a reader requested a piece of information, and the author answered by way of another comment, that information was likely worth consideration for adding to the body of the review also.

Aug 02 '03
5:59 am PDT

hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
..
you said...
"- If you welcome comments, mention that fact at the end of your
review.
"

Comments should be required! You shouldn't be able to rate until
you make a warm, heartfelt comment. I mean really lay it. . .wait,
I'll stay serious...


My only serious comment is to 'write it so it pleases you' first. If
others find something missing and you want to update to add that,
great. But if you are seriously satisfied with it and do not choose
to update, be satisfied with the rates others leave.

If that makes sense...


Very nicely done!


...tom...
' way too early in the A.M. for a coherent comment, let alone a pithy sigline . . . '
Aug 02 '03
5:14 am PDT

Excellent Review (Reply to this comment)
by opinionated3
Thanks for posting this review, you did a great job detailing every aspect of writing a top quality review.

Jon
Aug 02 '03
1:54 am PDT