Trusted Opinion

Seven of the best sites about the recommendation site TrustedOpinion.com. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: Product Reviews, Movie Spoilers)

1. Trusted Opinion - Web site that offers recommendations on movies, restaurants and other topics, based on the opinions of people you know and trust. You invite family or friends you trust, and when you need a recommendation, their opinions show up first. If they also invite others, the opinions of their invitees would show up second, and so on. The closer a person is to you in your network, the higher their opinion will show up when you are looking for a recommendation. (www.trustedopinion.com)

2. Apart from the Horrible Name and Logo, I Like It - February 19, 2007 blog post discusses the concept of Trusted Opinion and its initial focus on just movie recommendations, as well as giving no love to the company name and logo (the logo has since been changed). Mentions Yelp and Flixster as competitors. (www.techcrunch.com)

3. Trusted Opinion Takes $1.3 Million Series A - October 23, 2007 blog post on Trusted Opinion getting $1.3 million in funding from undisclosed investors. Also mentions the site’s owners are claiming 350,000 registered members, with 3,000 new members coming on board daily. (www.techcrunch.com)

4. Todd Greene Comment on “Are Recommendation Engines A Threat to the Long Tail?” - Trusted Opinion co-founder Todd Greene offers a comment concerning a study that shows online recommendation engines may ignore less-known but relevant products based on a lack of data about these “long tail” movies, music, etc. Not surprisingly, Greene believes Trusted Opinion’s system is the best way to ensure even the long tail titles/products can get seen. (www.readwriteweb.com)

5. Trusted Opinion Adds Netflix Queuing - July 27, 2007 blog post on Trusted Opinion adding the ability for users to automatically add movies that have been recommended to them to their Netflix queue, to have those movies sent out to them for viewing. (www.techcrunch.com)

6. Trusted Opinion to Announce $1.3 Million First Round Funding - October 24, 2007 post on Trusted Opinion’s investment announcement explains the service a bit and offers the opinion that the site would be better off if integrated with an existing social network than attempting to stand alone. (mashable.com)

7. Recommendation Service Trusted Opinion Gets $1.3 Million First Round Funding - October 24, 2007 blog post on Trusted Opinion’s capital infusion compares the site to Yelp and CitySearch, while acknowledging the company’s claim that Trusted Opinion is different because it places greater weight on the opinions of those closest to you. (www.paidcontent.org)