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Originally Posted by FreeHugeMovies
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A quick word about 'review site scripts':
My own review sites are custom coded from the ground up. I have also used a few different 'out of the box' review site scripts. Keep in mind, if your review site is the same as everyone else's review site you have zero reason for anyone to use your review site instead of some other one.
Review site scripts CAN be helpful (especially if you are working with a smaller budget). However, do not think that because you can get a script for a few hundred dollars your review site will suddenly be making you millions. You will need to do some considerable modifications to the script, hire a designer or designers to give your site a unique look and feel, hire REAL writers (not just some guy who likes to say 'this site is great' and then stuff the page with keywords).... it is not a simple thing to build a worthwhile review site and it is not cheap. Throwing up the same crap on wordpress or with a box script and supplying ZERO innovation, low quality review text, weak design etc is not going to earn you anything.
If you plan to spend only hundreds you should do something else with your money unless you have the skills and time to write your own reviews, code your own modifications and do your own high quality design work.
Again to be clear... I am NOT discouraging anyone from making a new REAL review site. I'd love to see some more well made review sites honestly. I am trying to discourage people from thinking that making and managing a real review site is cheap or easy... and most of all, I'm trying to prevent people from wasting 100s of dollars making fake review sites that earn nothing and damage the market as a whole.
