ViewScore reads reviews so you don't have to

Iria · Sep 19, 2006, 12:36 AM

Source: Web 2.0 Blog (News.com)
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I like to think that CNET's reviews are authoritative, but even I read more than the CNET review before I buy a gadget or a new computer. There are a lot of good reviews sources out there and if I'm going to spend my own money you can bet that I'm going to read everything I can find.

ViewScore aims to make that process a bit easier. The service "reads" the reviews from several sources, including CNET, and presents a table of the reviews' bottom lines, in the form of 0-to-100 scores for each review. The clever part is this: For the sites that don't award numerical ratings, the system parses the text and figures out what the numerical rating for the review should be.

Sep 19, 2006, 12:36 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	ViewScore reads reviews so you don't have to Source: Web 2.0 Blog (News.com) __________ I like to think that CNET's reviews are authoritative, but even I read more than the CNET review before I buy a gadget or a new computer. There are a lot of good reviews sources out there and if I'm going to spend my own money you can bet that I'm going to read everything I can find. ViewScore aims to make that process a bit easier. The service "reads" the reviews from several sources, including CNET, and presents a table of the reviews' bottom lines, in the form of 0-to-100 scores for each review. The clever part is this: For the sites that don't award numerical ratings, the system parses the text and figures out what the numerical rating for the review should be.