Comments on: Edge Of Network Reviews - KritX http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-682372 A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:03:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-682372 [...] People review stuff all the time on their blogs, and there’s a need for a search engine to aggregate those reviews. Kritx launched to do this, although there’s little activity on their site today. Microformats can play a part in this as well as people structure their review data properly. And of course, Yelp, Judy’s Book, Insider Pages and Riffs are all creating their own review sites, with decentralized aspects, such as user blogs and RSS. [...] [...] People review stuff all the time on their blogs, and there’s a need for a search engine to aggregate those reviews. Kritx launched to do this, although there’s little activity on their site today. Microformats can play a part in this as well as people structure their review data properly. And of course, Yelp, Judy’s Book, Insider Pages and Riffs are all creating their own review sites, with decentralized aspects, such as user blogs and RSS. [...]

]]> By: Gadgets.multiplayer.ro » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-599200 Gadgets.multiplayer.ro » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:14:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-599200 [...] People review stuff all the time on their blogs, and there’s a need for a search engine to aggregate those reviews. Kritx launched to do this, although there’s little activity on their site today. Microformats can play a part in this as well as people structure their review data properly. And of course, Yelp, Judy’s Book, Insider Pages and Riffs are all creating their own review sites, with decentralized aspects, such as user blogs and RSS. [...] [...] People review stuff all the time on their blogs, and there’s a need for a search engine to aggregate those reviews. Kritx launched to do this, although there’s little activity on their site today. Microformats can play a part in this as well as people structure their review data properly. And of course, Yelp, Judy’s Book, Insider Pages and Riffs are all creating their own review sites, with decentralized aspects, such as user blogs and RSS. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch » More Edge Reviews - iNods http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-8277 TechCrunch » More Edge Reviews - iNods Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:48:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-8277 [...] iNods aggregates blog and other edge review content and displays it in a centralized way for users. Unlike similar services kritX and blogcritics, which aggregate general review information contained on blogs (and are excellent), iNods is completely focused on shopping. [...] [...] iNods aggregates blog and other edge review content and displays it in a centralized way for users. Unlike similar services kritX and blogcritics, which aggregate general review information contained on blogs (and are excellent), iNods is completely focused on shopping. [...]

]]> By: Ondas, cables, luces, cacharritos y cachivaches » KritX: reviews, reviews, reviews… http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5747 Ondas, cables, luces, cacharritos y cachivaches » KritX: reviews, reviews, reviews… Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:03:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5747 [...] Descubro a traves de TechCrunch (que se esta convirtiendo en lectura diaria obligatoria) a KritX, que pretende ser un compendio de las ‘reviews’ que hay en la blogosfera sobre cualquier cosa imaginable. [...] [...] Descubro a traves de TechCrunch (que se esta convirtiendo en lectura diaria obligatoria) a KritX, que pretende ser un compendio de las ‘reviews’ que hay en la blogosfera sobre cualquier cosa imaginable. [...]

]]> By: Bob Wyman http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5626 Bob Wyman Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:48:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5626 Dorrian, Reviewers, like those at http://incredibooks.com/ already gain a very important benefit other than simple exposure. These reviewers include "Buy this book" links to Amazon with their affiliate codes on each link. As long as aggregators faithfully replicate those links, the reviewers should earn money from their reviews. In this way, a review on a personal web site is much more valuable than the same review entered into a site like Amazon itself since you can't associate an Amazon affliate code with a review on Amazon! Thus, it makes sense for Amazon affiliates to NOT put reviews on Amazon itself... Reviewers should put their reviews on their own blogs and ensure that they get included in review aggregators that support reviewer's affiliate codes. bob wyman Dorrian,
Reviewers, like those at http://incredibooks.com/ already gain a very important benefit other than simple exposure. These reviewers include “Buy this book” links to Amazon with their affiliate codes on each link. As long as aggregators faithfully replicate those links, the reviewers should earn money from their reviews. In this way, a review on a personal web site is much more valuable than the same review entered into a site like Amazon itself since you can’t associate an Amazon affliate code with a review on Amazon! Thus, it makes sense for Amazon affiliates to NOT put reviews on Amazon itself… Reviewers should put their reviews on their own blogs and ensure that they get included in review aggregators that support reviewer’s affiliate codes.

bob wyman

]]> By: Dorrian http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5623 Dorrian Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:16:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5623 I think there needs to be some additional incentives put in place for bloggers for sites like this other than exposure. I like how Yahoo! proposes to pay out for the use of shopping pick lists, for example. I can't figure out why iTunes doesn't do this for imix. It seems that a commitment to a revenue sharing model across any type of user generated content could allow some serious competitive leapfrogging. I think there needs to be some additional incentives put in place for bloggers for sites like this other than exposure. I like how Yahoo! proposes to pay out for the use of shopping pick lists, for example. I can’t figure out why iTunes doesn’t do this for imix. It seems that a commitment to a revenue sharing model across any type of user generated content could allow some serious competitive leapfrogging.

]]> By: Bob Wyman http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5613 Bob Wyman Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:36:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5613 I'm glad you mentioned that Structured Blogging has the potential of helping individuals who write reviews to get their reviews more widely seen via sites like KritX. Currently, KritX seems to be focused on collecting reviews from large sites and mainstream media. However, the blogosphere is filled with reviews. Writing reviews is one of the primary activities of bloggers. KritX could, for instance, greatly expand its coverage of books read by teens by indexing the dozens of reviews (written using Structured Blogging) at the http://incredibooks.com/ site. Hopefully, KritX will realize that for many blogging reviewers, it is very important to maintain the links and other metadata that they publish -- particularly things like Amazon Affiliate codes embedded in links. Content Aggregators should ensure that the content they aggregate is as little changed as possible from what the original publisher intended. Thanks for pointing out the KritX site! bob wyman I’m glad you mentioned that Structured Blogging has the potential of helping individuals who write reviews to get their reviews more widely seen via sites like KritX. Currently, KritX seems to be focused on collecting reviews from large sites and mainstream media. However, the blogosphere is filled with reviews. Writing reviews is one of the primary activities of bloggers. KritX could, for instance, greatly expand its coverage of books read by teens by indexing the dozens of reviews (written using Structured Blogging) at the http://incredibooks.com/ site.

Hopefully, KritX will realize that for many blogging reviewers, it is very important to maintain the links and other metadata that they publish — particularly things like Amazon Affiliate codes embedded in links. Content Aggregators should ensure that the content they aggregate is as little changed as possible from what the original publisher intended.

Thanks for pointing out the KritX site!

bob wyman

]]> By: Jeff Rogers http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5603 Jeff Rogers Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:03:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5603 This could be a great way for everyday people to mimic the Patriot Act by collecting reviews and comments by a particular individual without their knowledge :) This could be a great way for everyday people to mimic the Patriot Act by collecting reviews and comments by a particular individual without their knowledge :)

]]> By: Brajesh Sachan http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5583 Brajesh Sachan Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:29:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/12/18/edge-of-network-reviews-kritx/#comment-5583 Ideas like kritx are going to face issues of blogvertisement as soon as more people start to use it for any serious purposes. Google has been trying to outwit spammers all the time. It would be interesting to see how this evolves. Ideas like kritx are going to face issues of blogvertisement as soon as more people start to use it for any serious purposes. Google has been trying to outwit spammers all the time. It would be interesting to see how this evolves.

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