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What's the best platform for a product review site?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by Chris Guthrie, Sep 26, 2008.

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    I'm trying to do some research on what would be a platform for the best product review site.

    The ideas I've come up with are:

    Wordpress (not ideal imo)
    Joomla (I don't have a lot of experience but have seen others)
    ... I don't know of anything else.

    Basically I acquired a domain name that is perfect for a specific niche of product reviews and I want to develop a site for it. I haven't done a site focused on product reviews before, so if you can offer any ideas I'd greatly appreciate it.
     
    Chris Guthrie, Sep 26, 2008 IP
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    Vampyre Greenhorn

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  3. einsteinsboi

    einsteinsboi Well-Known Member

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    You could also use Drupal with the voting API and the five star rating and node review modules
     
    einsteinsboi, Sep 26, 2008 IP
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    SEOBOT Banned

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    Blog may be best for product review website
     
    SEOBOT, Sep 26, 2008 IP
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    010081 Banned

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    what about joomla review module..i guess its better.
     
    010081, Sep 26, 2008 IP
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    I don't know so much but I've seen Dolphin is pretty amazing, it might be a bit 'overkill' but, its free and pretty amazing for anything. I'm still on the wordpress routine, got it down pat :)
     
    pentelupe, Sep 28, 2008 IP
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    Joomla is one of the most robust CMS options I've ever seen, and it's widely supported, has a great community of people willing to help you, and provides plenty of themes and extensions that you are welcome to customize.

    Did I mention it's free?
     
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    Hmmm, lots of different responses. It seems like there is no clear winner.

    What about SEO wise? That's going to be one of the most important aspects as I believe most of my traffic will come from search.
     
    Chris Guthrie, Sep 29, 2008 IP
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    I've had a lot of success with Drupal and the SEO related modules they have. There's nodewords, global redirect, SE Friendly URls, Pingomatic is in the core, sitemap generator and more.
     
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  10. Chris Guthrie

    Chris Guthrie Active Member

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    Ok, I think I have a lot of ideas to run with now.

    thanks!
     
    Chris Guthrie, Sep 30, 2008 IP