Comments on: Why I Don’t Trust User Reviews http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2009/03/09/why-i-dont-trust-user-reviews/ Luxury travel news and reviews for Mexico, Central America, and South America. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Carl http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2009/03/09/why-i-dont-trust-user-reviews/#comment-2282 Carl Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:02:37 +0000 http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=117#comment-2282 There was a great piece on Arthur Frommer's blog about this last week. The URL is ridiculously long so I'm not going to paste that in, but here is his page on Frommers. Just scroll down to find it. http://www.frommers.com/community/persona.html?UID=704684 He seems to agree on the reviews written up by pros with experience. "I prefer that kind of judgment to the advice of a person who has been to a particular destination exactly once in their entire lives, and doesn't have a clue as to what the general level of hotels or restaurants there should be." Enjoy your site---thanks! There was a great piece on Arthur Frommer’s blog about this last week. The URL is ridiculously long so I’m not going to paste that in, but here is his page on Frommers. Just scroll down to find it.
http://www.frommers.com/community/persona.html?UID=704684

He seems to agree on the reviews written up by pros with experience.

“I prefer that kind of judgment to the advice of a person who has been to a particular destination exactly once in their entire lives, and doesn’t have a clue as to what the general level of hotels or restaurants there should be.”

Enjoy your site—thanks!

]]> By: David Brice http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2009/03/09/why-i-dont-trust-user-reviews/#comment-2281 David Brice Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:32:18 +0000 http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=117#comment-2281 Excellent article about user generated reviews. I have never liked them and the evidence you mention about fake reviews is very interesting. Maybe these sites have had their day and the internet should be a place for travel writers and professionals to write proper reviews ! Excellent article about user generated reviews. I have never liked them and the evidence you mention about fake reviews is very interesting. Maybe these sites have had their day and the internet should be a place for travel writers and professionals to write proper reviews !

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