Review aggregator
A review aggregator or rating aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services (such as movies , books , video games , software , hardware, and cars ). The stored reviews are used, for example, for websites where users can view these reviews, sell information about consumer trends to third parties, and create databases in which companies can obtain information about their actual and potential customers. This allows users to easily compare many different ratings from reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate overall average score, usually based on assigning a numerical value to each review related to the degree of positive evaluation of the work.
Review summary sites can have economic implications for businesses. Some companies have tied license fees and employee bonuses to total scores. Share prices can also be influenced by ratings that relate to potential sales. It is generally recognized in the literature that there is a strong correlation between sales and such aggregated values. Because of the influence that ratings have on sales decisions, manufacturers are often interested in using them for their own products. This is often done with the help of business-oriented product review aggregators. In the film industry, according to Reuters, large studios look to review aggregators , but "don't always value them".
Review aggregators
Books
electronics
Movie and TV
music
Video games
Other categories
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nick Wingfield, High Scores Matter To Game Makers, Too. Retrieved June 15, 2019 (American English).
- ^ The studios wake up to the power of Rotten Tomatoes - The Globe and Mail. August 26, 2011, accessed June 15, 2019 .
- ^ Roy Papp, Scott R. Poorman, Adams Greenwood-Ericksen: On the Validity of Metacritic in Assessing Game Value . In: Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture . tape 7 , no. 1 , December 16, 2013, ISSN 1866-6124 , p. 101–127 ( eludamos.org [accessed June 15, 2019]).
- ^ Movie review aggregators popular, but do they matter? In: Reuters . February 17, 2012 ( reuters.com [accessed June 15, 2019]).