We're dying over there. Literally. There are no outside hits and our old reviews are dead. Is this the only category with Top Reviewers and Advisors that feel like red-headed stepchildren (thanks to Patty for that term that pretty much sums it up!)?

I don't know what has been discussed at length on the boards, but are there any other categories that are dying? Is the Beauty/Wellness category being ignored? Or are we on our way out? Don't worry, we can take the news. We'd just like *some* news.

If anyone in Eps management sees this, can we get some insight?

All of the categories that were changed over on Black Tuesday in Home and Garden are messed up with either many fewer hits showing, no IS even with hits similar to before Black Tuesday, or hits not being fully counted on many of the reviews with the /review in the url. Starting in February it seems other categories, at least where I write, were being newly infected with the Black Tuesday virus. Starting in March it seems every new review has been infected, for me at least.

I have never seen a public acknowledgement by Epinions that, for many catgegories, hits are not being accurately counted and IS fairly distributed, but it sure seems that most members think that is the case.

Larry

Many K&F reviews (at least mine) are not getting any outside hits either... Your not alone...

Susan

The Sports/Outdoors category is suffering the same fate.

Thanks for all of the responses. I came back this morning wondering if I was going to see a bunch of members yelling at me for asking that question - but I should have known better! :) I appreciate all of the responses and I am glad to see that we are not alone over there. I do read the message boards a couple of times a week but I don't recall anything being discussed about this recently. I'm frustrated but am trying to hang in there. Thanks again!

I've written in Movies, Music, Pets, Restaurants and Musical Equipment this year, and with perhaps 2 or 3 exceptions, every single review has been limited to members hits only.

You are not the only one frustrated by a lack of outside hits.

It's not just you, most of the reviews in Pets are not getting outside hits either. On a side note, seems like all the newer Pet reviews have either /reviews/ or /review/ in the url.

Categories that seem dead to me: Pets, Office Supplies, Food, non-Chain Restaurants, some Sports reviews :(

Apparently, we have LOTS of red headed step children at Epinions!

However, I see no issues in the Online category except FINDING the sites to read reviews. But I have seen outside hits and garnered IS from that category. (Shameless plug. Heh.)

I was going to move some of my beauty reviews to new listings but they, too, have /review(s)/ in the URL so I just left them where they were. I am hoping this isn't a forever thing. I just wrote an extensive beauty review that will more than likely never be seen and it's on a hot product that I know people care about. Bummer.

I guess the only thing to do is to hang in there and hope they are working furiously behind the scenes to fix the bugs.

PT

Like the rest of you, my outside hits have collapsed. However, I don't think the hit counts are wrong. Oh no, I think it's considerably more serious than that. The hit counts are accurate. Our reviews have become invisible to visitors.

As non-members find less and less relevant content here, they'll likely come back less often. Would you do otherwise?

I wrote my first review here because this is where I found reviews that convinced me to buy it. Had I never found the item on Epinions there would not have been a first review written.

Rudi