Best of the Best

Finding the best of the best can be fun! I always look forward to reading the annual best of best issues of my local magazine and newspaper. But what makes something the best and who votes on it? Often what I consider the best is different from what someone else prefers. I may enjoy a romantic restaurant and you may like an exciting trendy place to eat and mingle with others. I'm always curious to know what "other people like me" consider the best.

Wouldn't it be great if there was one place to go to find the best recommendations across a wide variety of topics? Instead of wasting valuable time searching for websites that list the best, wouldn't it be great to have a resource of expert and consumer recommendations that are continually updated and voted on? It would be convenient to have rated keywords or phrases describing the positives and negatives so it would be easy to understand at a glance without having to read long narratives.

This way if I was traveling to New York City and I wanted to find the best boutique hotel that was close to Times Square, I could easily locate it from what others recommended. If I wanted to find the best dog groomer who was patient and friendly in my city, I could locate it from the recommendations of others. It would be so convenient to have one place to go to find that information without searching all over the web.

What do you think? I envision the Word of Mouth Network as such a place. The difference would be the unique patented method that makes it easy to add, locate and understand recommendations at a glance. The word of mouth name is easily recognized and remembered so if a person wanted to find word of mouth recommendations about Paris they could type in http://www.wordofmouthparis.com/ and be directed to that section of the Network.

Word of Mouth Network: One stop shopping for the best word of mouth recommendations!

Video Introduction to Quick Comments

This 3 minute video presentation provides an introduction to Quick Comments.

The Word of Mouth Network will provide this white label recommendation application free to members in exchange for the rights to monetize the recommendations. The rated tags method provides a more structured and simpler process for users to contribute, locate, understand and share recommendations.

Easily recognizable word of mouth domain names will be used to establish destination sites featuring top rated recommendations from members. A destination directory will list all of the "wordofmouth (niche).com" sites and will be promoted to increase visibility and name recognition.

Quick Comments can also be used in the B2B market as you will see on the video.

Quick Comments Patented Approach

The Word of Mouth Network will be comprised of a wide variety of niche focused websites. They will utilize a patented approach to capture and communicate online user feedback. It's a great way to engage consumers and increase revenue. The white label recommendation application is free in exchange for the rights to monetize the recommendations.

The patented rated tags method provides a more structured and simpler way for users to contribute, locate, understand and share recommendations. Keywords or phrases are selected or new ones are added and then rated as to the relative positives and negatives of each. A five star rating would be very positive while a one star rating would be very negative. A visual summary makes it easy to get the essence of many opinions of a subject quickly. This saves the time of having to sort through many long-form comments. It does not replace existing ratings and reviews but offers a new option. Many consumers do not like to take the time to write long reviews and so this method is appealing.

Top rated recommendations become available on one or more of the "wordofmouth (niche).com" websites related to their vertical market and link back to the contributing website for purchases and additional information. A destination directory increases visibility and name recognition for the word of mouth niche sites and will be promoted as "the source for the best word of mouth recommendations on the Web".

We now have a website to get feedback on this new patented approach to gather and understand user feedback. Please visit the site and tell us what you think.