tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post1101922910011558349..comments2024-03-21T06:13:52.539-04:00Comments on Luis von Blog: TripAdvisorLuis von Ahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03028143830490915261noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-74390161288054952132009-07-24T09:34:16.380-04:002009-07-24T09:34:16.380-04:00Nice informative . Its help us to make discussion ...Nice informative . Its help us to make discussion ....Saiful Ghonihttp://www.click2inns.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-54331651424750830612009-07-08T05:08:09.136-04:002009-07-08T05:08:09.136-04:00You have quite a different approach. I mean nobody...You have quite a different approach. I mean nobody usually reviews a reviews site! Quite informative post you have here!!<br /><br /><a href="http://infobybvc.blogspot.com/2009/07/run-of-house-hotel-rooms.html" rel="nofollow">Run of House Hotel Rooms</a>Bhavesh Chhatbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466377457802972828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-67935411799744118782009-03-20T08:22:00.000-04:002009-03-20T08:22:00.000-04:00That's tough :( Unless you want to get into a smea...That's tough :( Unless you want to get into a smear war with your competitor, I don't know of much you can do.Luis von Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028143830490915261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-21710199538036237772009-03-20T07:17:00.000-04:002009-03-20T07:17:00.000-04:00I am a hotel owner that has been victim of a fake ...I am a hotel owner that has been victim of a fake review on tripadvisor.com, that was posted by a compeditor that did not like me taking over their number 1 ranking in the area. What can I do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-70337696359861016402009-03-08T06:09:00.000-04:002009-03-08T06:09:00.000-04:00Totally agree. I myself noticed at least 3 totally...Totally agree. I myself noticed at least 3 totally fakes in 2 years.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-60701443911985131692009-02-20T13:44:00.000-05:002009-02-20T13:44:00.000-05:00You should email people(me) that website. This com...You should email people(me) that website. This comes after the news that yelp is apparently pressuring companies into buying advertising by changing what reviews users can see. I need a good new review websitewhakojackohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008692929779253983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-64263900246113761312009-02-11T15:34:00.000-05:002009-02-11T15:34:00.000-05:00Will you post your script somewhere? I rely heavi...Will you post your script somewhere? I rely heavily on TripAdvisor and would love to take advantage of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-36693997831604851072009-01-17T13:12:00.000-05:002009-01-17T13:12:00.000-05:00This kind of relates to a recent Slashdot article ...This kind of relates to a recent <A HREF="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/17/166226" REL="nofollow">Slashdot article</A> about Belkin paying people to review their products on sites such as Amazon and Newegg.Terry Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614941666300208509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-16091832911562205612009-01-15T21:17:00.000-05:002009-01-15T21:17:00.000-05:00Dude. We're in Pittsburgh. The more yummy food, th...Dude. We're in Pittsburgh. The more yummy food, the better. Pretty please, what's the website?Alia Poonawalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511636663769305054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-5677947397996445522009-01-12T15:17:00.000-05:002009-01-12T15:17:00.000-05:00Both good points. I should also mention that for a...Both good points. <BR/><BR/>I should also mention that for all 25 hotels, the fraction of one-time reviewers who gave the hotel a 1/5 was higher than one-time reviewers who gave the hotel a 2, 3 or 4. Presumably this is because people who had a terrible experience at the hotel decided to rate it even though they don't normally rate things (or, if you are paranoid, this could be an attack campaign from competing hotels!). <BR/><BR/>Another data point is that the fraction of one-time reviewers that gave crappy hotels a 1/5 was slightly *lower* than the fraction of one-time reviewers that gave the good hotels a 1/5. This supports my initial conjecture (though by no means proves it).<BR/><BR/>From a pragmatic point of view, though, I'm happy that my program correctly classified the good and the bad hotels, regardless of whether my conjecture is true :)Luis von Ahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028143830490915261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725006152290977601.post-87415684460082349152009-01-12T10:09:00.000-05:002009-01-12T10:09:00.000-05:00Another hypothesis: The one-and-done reviewers are...Another hypothesis: The one-and-done reviewers are people who don't travel much and wanted to leave a review for a hotel they liked. Yes, you may find it crappy but someone who travels less usually finds a given hotel to be better than a "discerning traveler" (a.k.a "a snob"). Think movies - if you don't see movies much, you'll have fun regardless of what is on the big screen, but a movie critic (a.k.a "a snob") will hate it with p = 0.75.<BR/><BR/>Also, alternate theory: from my impression, most hotel owner (even nice ones) own multiple hotels, so wouldn't they be paying someone $10 an hour to do multiple reviews? With that, wouldn't they be doing many reviews potentially from the same account? <I>If</I> this is true, I'd hypothesize that in actuality, they are making new accounts for each review <I>to appear</I> not fraudulent, double negative in a way.salutations_americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261986214347261561noreply@blogger.com