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While online shopping is probably most driven by convenience, I know I really appreciate the ability to see what others think about a product or service… can’t remember the last time I booked a hotel room, for instance, without reading through the ratings and comments left by previous guests. So, from the time we launched our product comparison engine<\/a>, I knew I really wanted to implement community features that allowed such input from our customers, or even those just browsing who know something about listed items. I knew that no product description could match reviews by actual users of a product in helping our customers know if a product worked well and met their green criteria.<\/p>\n

Today, I’m proud to announce that we’re now offering such features through our sustainablog Community<\/a> created in partnership with Lunch.com<\/a>. While I’ve seen a number of third-party services that offer community features, I was blown away by Lunch’s offering: yes, you can rate and review products<\/a>, but you can also offer eco-tips<\/a> of your own, ask questions<\/a>, create lists<\/a>… many possibilities for offering your opinions and ideas not just on the products we list, but on green topics of all kinds. There are even badges<\/a> you can earn for offering your thoughts on certain products and topics…<\/p>\n

I also really like Lunch’s product because it allowed for broader community within the green blogosphere and web. If you go to our site, you’ll see that the user-create content isn’t just coming from sustainablog users… but also from other green sites that have implemented a Lunch community (or even just trying it out). So going to our community site also allows you to see tips, reviews and questions from users at sites like Grist<\/a>, Greenopolois<\/a> & Treehugger<\/a> (all still demoing at this point), ENN<\/a>, Eco-Babyz<\/a>, Green Lodging News<\/a>, Ways2GoGreen.com<\/a>, and Mongabay<\/a>. It really creates an opportunity for all of us to work together and support one another.<\/p>\n

While I’d still like to do some more integration into our current properties, the community is there for you now… so whether you’ve got something to say about a product we offer or a blog post we’ve written, you can do it there. I’ll be spending some time there each day, so please feed free to add me as a friend<\/a>… and let me know what you think. You can also follow all user contributions through a separate Twitter account for the site: @susblogreviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While online shopping is probably most driven by convenience, I know I really appreciate the ability to see what others think about a product or service… can’t remember the last [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":10290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,79],"tags":[920,2104,373,405],"yoast_head":"\nsustainablog's New Review & Community Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Want to offer your opinion on a product we sell... or see what others have to say? 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