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It looks like shepherd.com is a book review site that doesn't have any reviews, just ratings. It links to Amazon. Is this really the sort of content Google sho
by skybrian 2y ago
It looks like shepherd.com is a book review site that doesn't have any reviews, just ratings. It links to Amazon.
Is this really the sort of content Google should be returning?
Edit: it seems I missed the link to the actual book reviews because the link text is uninformative: "Chosen by 1 person - see why." (Sometimes it goes to reviews, sometimes not.)
And the word "review" never appears on the pages that have reviews. Seems like bad SEO?
If you're looking for book reviews, here's a website with some pretty great reviews: https://www.thepsmiths.com/ https://www.thepsmiths.com/ (Content warning: the authors are conservative.)
- passwordoops 2y agoJust went over there and yes they have reviews from readers https://shepherd.com/book/exit-strategy https://shepherd.com/book/exit-strategy
- skybrian 2y agoThanks, I missed that.
- bwb 2y agoHi Brian, we don't have reviews at this stage; we have purely positive recommendations. And we push readers toward a very specific format for why the book resonated with them (Gestalt psychology so you see it through their eyes). Given the nightmare that is Goodread's unmoderated review sludge, I wanted to focus on the positivity and why someone loved a book, so we are uniquely focused on highlighting only books that readers love. In 2025 I will be adding "reviews" of any books using our Book DNA review format (which tries to narrow in on why someone liked/disliked a book so we can match you with people who share your Book DNA). A big part of my mission is to focus only on books that people love and positivity.
- willywanker 2y agoWas that content warning really necessary, or do we also tend to use them for liberal websites (for whatever definition of liberal) ?