My question was very specific: Do verified purchase
reviews carry more weight?
Not exact matches
«Having a facelift and lower eye lift were the two procedures that appeared to garner
more favorable
reviews after surgery, with the lower eye lift
carrying a little
more weight,» Reilly says.
Naturally, it makes
more sense for verified
reviews to
carry more weight in Amazon's ranking algorithms.
This means it's
more likely the person has read the book before
reviewing, and therefore
carries more weight with Amazon's algorithms (and people reading
reviews.)
The benefits here are two-fold: not only do you get a
review that is likely to be well - written, but if that author has any avid readers their name will
carry more weight.
Readers know immediately that they come from unbiased sources and
carry more weight than consumer
reviews.
Book
reviews are
more objective than advertising and often
carry more weight when potential readers and readers are considering your book.
Goodreads
reviews can
carry more weight with readers as it's
more of a social platform than a salesy one.
Even though buyers get the eBook for free, they have technically «purchased» it and their book
reviews would be classed as «Verified Purchases» which can
carry more weight in buyers» minds.
This is where a professional
review can
carry more weight.
Goodreads
reviews by friends
carry more weight, and I've picked up books with only 2 or 3 star
reviews (after reading the sample) because it sounded up my alley.
And while there are fewer options for literary
reviews today because so many publications have folded,
reviews by trusted pros at media sources still
carry more weight than reader
reviews.
You can get opinions wherever you want, but I look to peer -
reviewed research journals when I want to find serious results that
carry more weight.
That argument might
carry more weight if the UEA actually made the data and algorithms available for independent
review, something that it has still failed to do.
Letting others praise you
carries more weight, and fits perfectly with social media's popularity for third party product
reviews by peers.