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Originally Posted by vanillaice
I know review sites want to be honest, but that actually hurts your cause. If the avg surfer stumbles upon a review site that gets discounts, and their reviews are skewed by those discounts, they're going to be confused. They'll see a 9 rated 'bigtits.com' site (for random example), mainly because bigtits.com offered the reviewer a 75% decrease in price, so of course the site now looks like a huge bargain. The surfer leaves and without clicking on the link, he goes directly to bigtits.com. Doesn't notice the sale is now gone, joins and notices the members area isn't that good at all, but he paid full price for it so now he questions the review site that gave it a '9'.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not against giving users 'sale' prices, and even promoting it that way, and I do agree the cost of a site should play some role in determining the value you'll get for your buck, I just think it's a risky move to factor in an exclusive sale price only you have. Just my  |
Price has only a small influence on rank. We have sites over $30/mo in our top 20. Does it have some affect, absolutely. Do other reviews in mainstream take price into account? Almost always. Go read reviews for MP3 subscription sites, they definitely take price into account. Car reviews, electronics, etc (price is almost always mentioned). The webmaster controls how much the site cost (not us), it's their choice. If they want to offer our users a special price, we would idiots to say no (users benefit, and we make more sales).