This is great info, thanks for all these links. Angie's List is interesting -- very high quality, I'm sure, with that "Consumer Reports" style business model.

This is great info, thanks for all these links. Angie's List is interesting -- very high quality, I'm sure, with that "Consumer Reports" style business model. But they also lose a lot of traffic going subscribers-only. No doubt they're rolling in money, but I'm glad to see it's not the same monetization idea I had. Seeing all these has inspired me to throw together a prototype. I'll post it on HN in a week or two when it's presentable. =)