Onders - 12:25 am on Mar 25, 2005 (gmt 0)

Thanks nativenewyorker, have already been stickymailed about my loose tongue. This independence of reviews seems to be a huge issue though - and if there are other people out there like myself, then a lot of time is spent on tring to find something suitable and trustworthy. No, a lot of time is wasted sifting through and trying to uncover the lies, and bogus reviews etc.

I'm sure that people have already tried to come up with ways to overcome this problem, but a truly independent and trustworthy site would be such a great resource.. you could even set up something that charges for the advice it provides (in at attempt to convince users that the money they are paying is the revenue generator for the site - as opposed to advertising from host companies). I suppose the crux would be convincing people that you are totally independent - I've been fooled already countless times!

I'm just making this up as I go along, but the great auction site I recall had problems with positive feedback etc. They have to an extent overcome the problem (correct me if I'm wrong!). Now I've started ranting - consumers are getting more drawn to purchasing over the internet, but equally are getting more drawn to products independently reviewed by their peers. Because the internet is such a dodgy place to buy things and services, the best way for consumers to check out what they are buying is from those who have already bought the same thing. Will everything on the internet go the same way? If so, what can be put in place to help this...

Anyway, back to the hosting!