On the flip side of things, we built a client rating prototype in drupal about 6 mos ago<br><br><a href="http://www.clientrating.com/">http://www.clientrating.com/</a><br><br>Not much traffic and the initial response from SeaDUG was basically, "I'm not sharing my good clients, and I don't want to publicly discuss the bad ones."<br>
<br>I think much of this just gets spread via word of mouth, kind of like how my business grows, not a very complicated plan, but it seems to work.<br><br>my 2 cents.<br><br>-Dave<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Christian Pearce <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pearcec@xforty.com">pearcec@xforty.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.madewithdrupal.com/" target="_blank">http://www.madewithdrupal.com/</a> <-- this is pretty cool. I want to see the ratings and the profiles. I think what you could do is invite customers to comment. And maybe people who had a bad experience could seek you out. And just note they had a bad experience. IDK. <br>
<br>As far as rating, well I would rather have users opinions in words. I work extremely hard to get my customers what they need and what they asked for and would welcome their public comment.<br><br>I don't want to discuss the certification program. <br>
<br>----- "Kevin Davison" <<a href="mailto:kevin@quevin.com" target="_blank">kevin@quevin.com</a>> wrote:
<br>> <div>Christian, I definitely agree. The fact that we can choose our projects is exactly why I'm still in business after three years.</div><div><br>> </div><div>I saw a few sites that had this "rating" system, and perhaps a Yelp-style review site would be helpful. However, there's potential for a lot of abuse, just like Yelp has experienced. Abuse from "flaming" as well as corruption where pooling occurs and businesses rate each other unfairly.</div>
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