How do you rate Apsense Business Center sites at the Apsense ABC Exchange?

Good and eye-opening article which got useful and instructive.
Thank you.

Thanks Thea. I will consider some of your points when rating, if I haven't already! Great reading. Quite a controversy.

carole

You're ALL such an awesome bunch of friends here. Thanks for everything that each one of you have contributed.
It only shows me that we have so many people here at Apsense who have integrity and who care about making this community a great one.
I'll not do a lengthy post to respond to everything below. I think I've posted enough at the one topic.
I have read everything that you've all written and I appreciate each one of you for the fantastic feedback and input.
Meantime, I'll be using my ratin

Hey BJ,

As i have said before, thats why there needs to be an accountability factor set up for people who vote Low on an averaged high ranking ABC.

The person who would have voted you a 4 (When you are in the top 5 ABC's should have filled in a text block to say WHY they consider you worthy of a 4 when you should be at least an 8 (Based on average).

Accountability MUST be factored into the system for it to work.

Hi Thea,
Ok I see what you mean when I re read my post.

This is not to be read as an attack on you. I have no reason to do that, and if i did I would do it privatly.

My intention was, and still is, to point out a fact both to you and all members that may adopt your method. It is a point that we all need to think about when deciding how to rate a site. Unless we know the member and thier situation there are things we should not use as determining factors in my opinion.



Eric.
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...PS

With regards to the Links section.

I have mine turned on and i also add links to ABC's that are similarly associated with mine. Its well known to be a good SEO technique. I also accept links that are related to my topic. Not everyone will accept my links. SWSWSW (Some Will - Some Won't - So What)

I'm a little confused at the negativity associated with Thea's rating system.

If there were no Testimonials on an ABC, one could easily add their own for the product or opportunity they are promoting.

Karen Weir had a great ABC with a song from (sorry mental blank..., but she is a country singer). I'm not a huge fan of Auto play audio on a page. But its a good thing to have an option - by way of a Play button. From a "Personally Created" point of view one could have a friend tell a story a

Hi Thea

First of all thanks for the article in your blog! Itis greatly appreciated and I am happy you like my page and hav given me a great testimonial. I will be delighted to return the complement. as yours is even better!

I dont think we will ever get everyone to be happy with someelse's system! lol
Mine is a little more random - if it attracts me and is attractive I will give it a high mark - and it doesnt worry me to give a 10 when it is clear that the Biz Page is effective and has had

P.S. Max, just go to 'My Account' then click on the bid button labeled Business Exchange near the top of the page under your photo.
Then you'll see the rating "Top It" or "Drop It" numbered 1 to 10, at the top of that page i.e. http://www.apsense.com/bce

Thank goodness for Max. :) Always bringing some sense to a situation.
You're a breath of fresh air!
Honestly, does any of this really matter when we're all worm food?
Max's ABC would get a 9 from me using my rating.

Bill, I was simply sharing my personal little system, and because it worked so well for me I thought that some others might like it too. This community is about sharing and no one is right or wrong.
From my perspective, saying that "you are acting illegally" is very strong.
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Hey Thea & Friends!

What a deep well we fell into when first planned to be objective!

The good thing about subjective ratings is you don't have to explain yourself to anyone - it's your secret.

Now, if someone would tell me where to find the rating block on the ABC, I go out and do my own wizardry.

And thanks to all who have taken the time to rate my Business Ctr. - regardless of what system you used - even "hinny-miney-mo!" is appreciated.

max2work - caring, sharing and mento

Hi Thea,

I do not see what is strong about pointing out that you "may be discriminating against disabled members". This is something that many members may not have thought about and it does no harm to point it out.

I have not said you are doing it deliberatly, that would be strong and totally out of order.

As for getting someone else to make the audio for them that is their personal choice, as is having audio in the first place a personal choice for anyone disabled or not.
Just bec

Hi Thea

Interesting to see someone with a system for rating biz sites - it is a very good way of keeping subjectivity out of your ratings.

The only problem that I have with the Biz Sites is that we are rating people on their ability to set them up and NOT on the quality of their business opportunities or integrity. So it puts someone with technical knowledge at an advantage and vice versa.

My comment on your system is the following - there are some tools on the Biz Sites that are very diffic

Thank you for your excellent feedback Bill. Though I do feel it's a little strong.

In response to one of your questions: Yes, someone with no testimonials would receive one point less from me.
That's not a hefty penalty, if they rate a '9' from me then I can still choose to give them an extra point for the 'Add A Link' if I really, really want them to get a 10 from me, yet they have no testimonials.
In fact, I could even choose to write them a quick testimonial and then give them the rating o

Teodor, thank you.

I don't think we can select which sites we'd like to review, other than by selecting the likely category under which they'd be visible.
You'll see a "Choose Industry" drop down menu at the top of the Exchange area.

Yes, I too click 'Top It' if I read good quality content. That's great to remember to do when we see someone contributing to the whole.

Hi again,
this is a sort of PS as I forgot to mention that if the Add a Link is active or not is also irrelevant.

It will NEVER be active on my Business Center as I have no intention of being party to having links to programs that I would not be seen dead promoting being placed on my Business Center.

Hi Thea,

I have just read your rating system and I am sorry to say this but you are acting illegally in that you may be practicing discrimination against some members.

If a site has audio or not is not relevant. There are members that due to various ailments can not make audio.

I know one member that is deaf, I know another member that suffers from Cebral Paulsy and therefor can not talk clearly.

Both these ailments are classed as disabilities and it is illegal to discriminate

What I also do here at Apsense is to go through the good content blogs and articles and rate them by pushing the TOP IT! button. But you MUST have good content in order to get a TOP from me. Thanks Thea for great value of your articles content.

Great! But how can I rate your site, for example,..? when I click on the exchange button I see only sites that I don't want to see, most of them with NOTHING there... How to find your site there?
Thanks

Thank you Ariela. That's true...this rating list is also a great checklist for people just beginning to set up their business center, to make sure they've not left out anything. Another terrific purpose for my list that I'd not yet thought of. :)