PastaQueen - Comments on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html PastaQueen - Comments on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' en Entry is copyright Jennette Fulda. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:15:21 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss dg commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' dg]]> That is a great policy PQ! Very clear and honest. I get offered books sometimes but worry about taking them - does this mean you're guaranteeing them a review? what if you read it and don't really have a strong opinion about it? what if you don't get time to read it? (another slow reader here) dilemmas, dilemmas.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18795 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18795 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:11:35 -0500 Karen commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' I think you've got it covered and allowed us to opt in if we choose to read the review. Thanks for being so thoughtful.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18796 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18796 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:29:36 -0500 PastaQueen commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' PastaQueen]]> @dg - That's a good point. When I get home I'll add another bullet saying that accepting a product does not guarantee that I will review it, though I will make my best effort to do so.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18797 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18797 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:34:40 -0500 Shelley commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' Shelley]]> I would totally wear that arm flab girdle.

What?!? It's either that or pump weights for my arms, and god knows I haven't lifted my cute little 3 pound weights since I got them in June!

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18803 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18803 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:29:27 -0500 EG commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' EG]]> Ooh Ooh! I have another groundrule suggestion. The company must send a sample of what you're reviewing for you to give away to your loyal readers. Heh Heh.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18805 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18805 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:31:19 -0500 Simon commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' You're taking yourself way too seriously. Nobody cares.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18807 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18807 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:40:55 -0500 Pauline commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' I just enjoy reading your blog and am glad that you are writing on a regular basis. Thanks for sharing!

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18814 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18814 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:48:59 -0500 Merry commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' @Simon - @Simon - Should this comment be taken seriously? (Do you care?)

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18815 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18815 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:49:54 -0500 Karen commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' Excellent policy, I wish more bloggers had one! Great idea.

Anyway, I care. And I love reading other people's reviews. One of the very big ways the Internet has changed my life is, I buy nothing without looking online for reviews from reviewers I trust. Nothing, except maybe groceries. And reviewers I trust...That includes you.

PS hugs for the headache, don't know what else to say about that really.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18816 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18816 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:46:51 -0500 s commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' @Simon - yes, this was about the drier and more mechanistic aspects of the blog, but you're just being catty. :p

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18820 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18820 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:55:49 -0500 Ali commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' Ali]]> @EG - I am all for that!

And once a year you should have a "Pastaqueens favorite things" post where all of your readers get one of your favorite things for free!

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18825 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18825 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:50:52 -0500 Mrs darling commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' Mrs darling]]> Are we ever going to be able to pick up your book at the library. I have no diea how they get to librarys or what the qualifications are to be in a library but yours is not in our library and I am not happy. Is there a reason for this?

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18829 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18829 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:17:47 -0500 asithi commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' asithi]]> I do reviews all the time. I don't think anyone cares.

When it is my own stuff or a book under $40, it would be a blog post. Sometimes it can be good and sometimes it can sound ugly.

When I get paid for a review, I have another template page set up in Wordpress just for them. The only way to access the paid review pages are either from searching for them or through the paid review link on the top of my blog.

As you know, BlogHerAds does not like us to display paid reviews alongside their ads. So they have a detailed tutorial on how to setup the paid review page so that their ads does not show up on those paid review pages.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18831 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18831 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:25:37 -0500 Anon commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' @Simon - I care. A blogger's review policy matters to me, and is a significant part of the way I interpret the reviews. It's an integrity issue.

Any idiot can write a review, or claim to speak for the whole world. A clear review policy can help in interpreting the former; nothing mitigates the latter.

PastaQueen: Love the clarity, love the whole concept. Thanks.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18832 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18832 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:30:48 -0500 Alexia commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' Alexia]]> Personally, I like hearing about cool things (or being warned from others!) Periodic reviews are interesting. Policy is clear. Thanks!

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18833 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18833 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:45:51 -0500 Deb commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' "Podiatric projectile of choice!" You have a way with words, girl, and I love it. Rock on!

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18834 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18834 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:51:02 -0500 PurpleGirl commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' PurpleGirl]]> PQ, you're at least one of those expensive Vegas whores. ;)

Looking forward to reviews, you do have a way with words.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18835 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18835 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:55:07 -0500 Lynn commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' Lynn]]> Love the policy. Will this include all ED promotions as well? (For whatever reason, I seem to attract drug companies hocking generic Cialis and Viagra....lucky me)

And for the record, Simon is a twit. I will use any excuse to use the word twit:)

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18842 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18842 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:38:13 -0500 Theantijared commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' Theantijared]]> The Flowbee Rocks!!

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18844 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18844 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:56:32 -0500 Mom commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' @Mrs darling - Here is the way that it works in Indiana--Go to your local library. Stop at the reference or help desk and ask to make a purchase request for a book. Give the correct title and author name and the ISBN. For Half-assed: a weight-loss memoir by Jennette Fulda it would be
10:58005-233-9 or 13:978-1-580005-233-7.

Happy reading! PQ's Mom

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18845 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18845 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:58:12 -0500 PastaQueen commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' PastaQueen]]> @Lynn - Heh, since I am not personally interested in ED products nor do I think my audience is, it's safe to say I won't be reviewing any of those.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18849 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18849 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:04:20 -0500 deanna commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' ooohhhh I love it!

Can you try to review those MBT sneakers that are like 250.00 a pair?!?! I am dying to know if they really are that special.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18858 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18858 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:55:56 -0500 Nicole commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' But I would find a review of the Flowbee hilarious! Pretty please a review?

More seriously, good policy and kudos on the clarity.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18866 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18866 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:48:50 -0500 K commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' K]]> @Simon - given the way some readers tend to get up in arms about what PQ chooses to write about, I don't blame her!

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18869 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18869 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:40:23 -0500 Linda commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' @ deanna
I've been wearing the mbt's since Sept. for the 10 hr shifts I work in an OR, and I LOVE them. Ugly fer sure, but my feet, back, and legs thank me....

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18898 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18898 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:22:38 -0500 Calidaho commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' I find reviews helpful. I search the web for reviews of products so having some coming from a trusted source is a good thing.

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18901 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18901 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:05:22 -0500 dg commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' dg]]> @K - that's exactly what i was bloody thinking. i wouldn't blame PQ if she felt the need to write a post to explain her decision to use a comma or exclamation mark :)

]]> http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18905 http://pastaqueen.com/halfofme/archives/2008/12/reviews_an_experiment_and_ground_rules.html#comment-18905 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:40:11 -0500 Anna commented on 'Reviews: An experiment and ground rules' @Mrs darling - My library ordered Pasta Queen's book for me when it first came out. I live just outside Chicago, and did exactly what PQ's mom said. Mom's are smart like that ;)

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