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google base begins integrating customer ratings system

Tue, Mar 7, 2006

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Looking more and more like eBay (or Amazon) everyday, Google Base is apparently testing a ratings system for buyers (click image for better look):

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One major hurdle for Google to overcome with job listings is the obvious amount of spam that a user may have to weed through while browsing listings.

A ratings system could be one deterrent Google could implement to police job listings behaving badly.





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1 Comments For This Post

  1. thomas delorme Says:

    this will also oblige companys to answer to their applicants unless they want bad ratings … it’s not just about the “item” advertised on googlebase, it’s about the whole company’s “customer services” … IMHO

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