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shmokes:
Maybe what you'd like to see is periodic feature articles with titles like, "Top Ten Great iPad Books that Nobody's Heard Of," and, "Books to Avoid That Should Have Been Good."

That seems like a good idea to me.  But permanently organizing my site on those criteria does not.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 31, 2011, 03:43:40 pm ---So, if the problem with app store reviews is that they're chaotic, unreliable, and overwhelming in their sheer numbers, why aren't you organizing your reviews??  Is the intention that someone googles a specific book title and lands on your respective review page?


Are you able to review an app store book, set up a hotlink to it, and skim a percentage off the sale if they buy it? 



--- End quote ---

I never said the app store was chaotic or overwhelming in sheer numbers.  I said the reviews were unreliable.  I think that's enough to justify the existence of a review site. 

If I understand that last sentence correctly, the answer is yes.  At the end of every review is a button that says, "Available on the App Store."  If you clicking that link wil redirect you to that app's page on the App Store.  If you buy it, Apple sends me a 5% commission (so, probably like 10-20 cents per app).  In other words, if the site ever generates a nontrivial amount of money it will be through advertising, not commissions. 

drventure:
Personally, If I landed on a site like yours, I'd want to see three basic things.

1) A "quick look" page that shows title, and rating 1-5 stars or something similar, and maybe a VERY short synopsis. This is where I'd go to browse for something new.

2) a prominent "SEARCH" bar, to find a specific title, or reviews for all books with "elephant" or similar type searches.

3) Lower on the list but still important is for each review a link or collection of "books like this". Might not be populated much at first, but when you find something you like, it's nice to see links to related or like titles. The books like this area should likely be similar to the "Quick look" page above, just a list of title links and rating, ordered by descending ratings.

shmokes:
1- What I have now along those lines is the chart you see by clicking a category in the top navigation menu and then selecting "All Ratings".  That will display a chart that, I think, meets all your criteria.  It can also be sorted by clicking the column headers, or you can easily apply any filter you want by typing a term into the filter box.  Do you think this feature needs to be more prominant than it is?  Remember, not just for your sake (you'd probably just as soon have me make that the homepage).  On any site like this you want visitors to actually read the reviews.  You want them to spend as much of their time as possible on your site.  Because that will translate to more ad revenue.  But features like this chart still have to be available enough that people know whwere to find them and can access them easily, so they will not hate the site and will keep returning.  These are my thoughts, anyway.

2- I think this is covered.  Search bar is right up top, prominantly displayed.

3- Agreed.  I'll get that implemented.

drventure:
See, now that's why I shouldn't just go on my memory of what I thought the sight looked like when I first checked it out  :embarassed:

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