TopTenReviews

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TopTenReviews
URL http://www.toptenreviews.com
Slogan "We do the research so you don't have to."
Commercial? Yes
Type of site Reviews/Ratings
Registration Free/Subscription
Owner TopTenReviews, Inc.
Created by Jerry Ropelato
Launched 2003
Current status Active

TopTenReviews (TTR) is a website which aggregates reviews for software, hardware, web services, music, movies, and video games from other sites and publications. Founded by Jerry Ropelato in 2003, TTR is, as of May 2008, one of the most popular sites of its kind by size and traffic, with the largest online database of media reviews[1] and an Alexa rank of 3,616 as of May 19, 2008.[2] It was named a finalist in the e-commerce category of the American Business Awards in 2007. [3] One of its major competitors is Metacritic.

The site converts critic reviews from various scoring systems (such as 100-point, 10-point, letter grade) to an overall average on a four star scale with four decimal places (i.e. 0.0000 to 4.0000), and then ranks the media products based on their metascores.[4]

The point of TopTenReviews is to give information of the right products and save consumers time and money.[5]

Contents

[edit] Other features

The site's other features include background information for each media product (such as developer, publisher, release date, ESRB or MPAA rating), screenshots, hints/cheat codes for video games, and a price comparison listing a la PriceGrabber.

As of May 28, 2008, the site's had 190,040 entries in its movie database[6], 455,189 entries in its music database[7], and 34,477 entires in its video games database.[8] There are over 700,000 movie reviews and 200,000 game reviews.[9]

For video games, TTR also ranks titles among others released on the same console, same genre, and same year of publication. For movies and music, titles are ranked by decade and year of release as well as all-time.[10]

[edit] Rankings

As of May 2008, the all-time top-rated movies on the site include[11]

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  2. Citizen Kane (1941)
  3. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  4. The Godfather (1972)
  5. 12 Angry Men (1957)

As of May 2008, the all-time top-rated music albums on the site include[12]

  1. Pet Sounds by Beach Boys
  2. Revolver by Beatles
  3. Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
  4. The Hits by Garth Brooks
  5. London Calling by Clash

As of May 2008, the all-time top-rated video games on the site include[13]

  1. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
  2. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)
  3. Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3)
  4. Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)
  5. Half-Life 2 (PC)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.prlog.org/10017720-toptenreviews-named-finalist-in-the-2007-american-business-awards.html
  2. ^ http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/toptenreviews.com
  3. ^ http://www.prlog.org/10017720-toptenreviews-named-finalist-in-the-2007-american-business-awards.html
  4. ^ http://www.prlog.org/10017720-toptenreviews-named-finalist-in-the-2007-american-business-awards.html
  5. ^ Product review site TopTenReviews names Stan Bassett as president. InternetRetailer. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  6. ^ http://movies.toptenreviews.com/reviews/mr5717.htm
  7. ^ http://music.toptenreviews.com/reviews/al93462.htm
  8. ^ http://games.toptenreviews.com/reviews/g27164.htm
  9. ^ http://www.prlog.org/10017720-toptenreviews-named-finalist-in-the-2007-american-business-awards.html
  10. ^ http://music.toptenreviews.com/reviews/al995897.htm
  11. ^ http://movies.toptenreviews.com/list_all_time.htm
  12. ^ http://music.toptenreviews.com/list_all_time.htm
  13. ^ http://games.toptenreviews.com/list_alltime.htm

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