Comments on: Get More Reviews in iTunes http://www.jasonvanorden.com/get-more-reviews-in-itunes Podcasting and social media commentary, tips and resources from podcasting consultant and author, Jason Van Orden. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:37:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jason Van Orden http://www.jasonvanorden.com/get-more-reviews-in-itunes#comment-33901 Jason Van Orden Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:15:36 +0000 http://www.jasonvanorden.com/get-more-reviews-in-itunes#comment-33901 Scott, Are your negative reviews offset by lots of positive reviews? I've seen where a podcast with mostly negative reviews has a hard time getting exposure in iTunes. I think the negative and positive are weighed against each other. They are also probably just one part of the algorithm. But I don't think negative reviews are totally ignored by iTunes. Scott,

Are your negative reviews offset by lots of positive reviews? I’ve seen where a podcast with mostly negative reviews has a hard time getting exposure in iTunes. I think the negative and positive are weighed against each other. They are also probably just one part of the algorithm. But I don’t think negative reviews are totally ignored by iTunes.

]]> By: Scott Bourne http://www.jasonvanorden.com/get-more-reviews-in-itunes#comment-33887 Scott Bourne Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:49:19 +0000 http://www.jasonvanorden.com/get-more-reviews-in-itunes#comment-33887 Jason I believe that you got the results you say you did. But that said, I don't believe the opposite is true, i.e., that negative reviews hurt your podcast in iTunes. Most of my shows have been heavily negatively reviewed in iTunes (typically by my competition or their agents) and in every case, the show is in the top 25 in iTines in its category. So while positive reviews may indeed provide a bigger audience, just wanted to chime in and say in my experience, negative reviews don't have the opposite impact. Jason I believe that you got the results you say you did. But that said, I don’t believe the opposite is true, i.e., that negative reviews hurt your podcast in iTunes. Most of my shows have been heavily negatively reviewed in iTunes (typically by my competition or their agents) and in every case, the show is in the top 25 in iTines in its category. So while positive reviews may indeed provide a bigger audience, just wanted to chime in and say in my experience, negative reviews don’t have the opposite impact.

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