Epinions is providing some very valuable content, not only for consumers looking to purchase goods and services, but for product manufacturers and service providers as well. If someone were so inclined, they could mine the Epinions directory of reviews, write extremely detailed reports on what actual people like and dislike about products and services, and sell them to the product manufacturers and service providers. I'd wager that the results would be better than those achieved through traditional polling and survey methods. Or the manufacturers and service providers could devote staff and do it themselves. Or Epinions could offer it as a B2B service...the B2B is all the rage with the kids today, you know.
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