Sites featuring Reviews
Landing Pages for business listings on YellowBot brings together a number of user-generated content and 3rd Party content sources.
Multiple Results page for YellowPages.com. Promoting Ratings and Reviews immediately. Refinement defaults to City Refinement.
YellowPages.com business landing page. Can barely find the business listing information. Reviews can be created and apparently viewed from this page.
Here's the Ratings and Reviews section. Simple and clean. Includes writing tips and direct link to review guideline policies.
Yahoo Local provides "shopping" only in the sense that they provide a way to browse specific retail shopping categories and expose again their ratings and reviews.
In the personalized section of Yahoo Local, your activity is recorded (recently saved, viewed, and searched) as well as your reviews and 'collections'. In addition, there is apparently the ability to see comments on your reviews from others.
Results are list-centric. Ratings and reviews (along with their solicitation) are emphasized. Refinement has been de-emphasized.
Yahoo has more reviews in more popular categories. All reviewers are Yahoo members.
Yahoo Business Listing Landing Pages are more robust for some categories and listings than others. Business information has been summarized with details available in a pull-down in order to give more room to reviews.
Obvious focus on both reviews and users for the YellowBot Home Page. Also, seems to use source IP to determine I'm in Denver CO.
Results seemingly accurate and relevant. Actions include rate and review (which never makes sense as part of the search results) along with add to a list.
AutoTrader.ca provides a search service that includes 3rd party vehicle reviews and automotive news.
The results are heavily layered with sponsored results, on the top, in the middle and at the bottom. Links go to own landing pages. Reviews heavily emphasized.
Google Maps version of a Detail Page is centered on the Fly-Out. Minimal relevant content and functionality is provided. Name, Contact, Photo (if available), Web Site, and Directions, Find Nearby, Send to Phone and now Edit.
Google Maps supports ratings and reviews from both users and from 3rd parties (although the user-created reviews don't seem to work).