Comments on: Rating Lawyers http://www.casedetails.com/2008/05/14/rating-lawyers/ Blog offering search engine optimization and advertising tips for lawyers. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob Nicholson http://www.casedetails.com/2008/05/14/rating-lawyers/#comment-11529 Bob Nicholson Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:07:57 +0000 http://www.casedetails.com/?p=107#comment-11529 The fact is, consumers DO trust, and even rely on, ratings by other consumers. You'll find a lot of info on this subject at the Rating and Review Professional Association (rarpa.org). Sites that rate doctors and health professionals have already become tremendously popular and successful, and sites such as AVVO and LawyerRatingz.com are doing the same for the legal profession. The fact is, consumers DO trust, and even rely on, ratings by other consumers. You’ll find a lot of info on this subject at the Rating and Review Professional Association (rarpa.org).

Sites that rate doctors and health professionals have already become tremendously popular and successful, and sites such as AVVO and LawyerRatingz.com are doing the same for the legal profession.

]]> By: Marc http://www.casedetails.com/2008/05/14/rating-lawyers/#comment-10529 Marc Thu, 15 May 2008 08:29:52 +0000 http://www.casedetails.com/?p=107#comment-10529 Thanks for mention :) The validity and credibility of every-day comments is increasing as we speak by companies like SezWho, CoComment, Disqus and more. They are tracking and ranking comments and the people who make them across multiple sites. We have been testing them for a while and so far we like SezWho the best, but the full results are not in yet. Hopefully the industry will consolidate more to provide us with a unified standard. But, even at the current time we can tell when someone is abusing ratings and comments systems, its just a bit tedious. And as awareness of reputation management increases, companies will notice abuse faster and report it. And... as i ramble on like Grandpa Simpson, I personally love the fact that now companies and politicians have to scramble to do damage control when are caught with their hands in the cookie jar by a blogger or public ratings system. Now everyone can be a reporter or a whistle-blower. Companies and politicians have run a muck with the planet and trampled the little guy in the process, but i see a beautiful light on the horizon :) Thanks for mention :)

The validity and credibility of every-day comments is increasing as we speak by companies like SezWho, CoComment, Disqus and more. They are tracking and ranking comments and the people who make them across multiple sites. We have been testing them for a while and so far we like SezWho the best, but the full results are not in yet.

Hopefully the industry will consolidate more to provide us with a unified standard. But, even at the current time we can tell when someone is abusing ratings and comments systems, its just a bit tedious. And as awareness of reputation management increases, companies will notice abuse faster and report it.

And… as i ramble on like Grandpa Simpson, I personally love the fact that now companies and politicians have to scramble to do damage control when are caught with their hands in the cookie jar by a blogger or public ratings system. Now everyone can be a reporter or a whistle-blower. Companies and politicians have run a muck with the planet and trampled the little guy in the process, but i see a beautiful light on the horizon :)

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