Our Philosophy
If you’ve ever searched for World of Warcraft gold guide reviews before, you’ve probably come across a bunch of sites that show maybe three guides with a pasted jpeg of a “ratings” grid of either stars or a percentage score and a short “review” by the creator of the site.
You might have already realized these aren’t real reviews. They are created to generate hype so that you buy whatever guides they are intending to sell. In actuality its just a sales letter that does not constitute a review by any standard. It is simply a sales letter masquerading as a “review” site. We especially love the ones that read “Don’t be scammed, read our review first!”
World of Warcraft Gold Guide Database has a totally different approach to this. Our intent is not to get the opinion of the guy trying to make the sale, our approach is that the guides sell themselves if they are of good quality and deliver on their promises. The only way to know this is if a purchaser of the guide has a positive opinion of it. And that is what we do, we provide the reader with real reviews from real WoW gamers who have used these guides.
Gold Guides are Ordered by Customer Ratings
Most “review” sites order their lists of guides by how much each is paying per referral, this is so that they get paid the highest commission. They simply create a site with a list order based upon how high the commission is, even if the guides provide poor information and support.
Our reviews are ordered by weighted customer rating. That means a guide with a 5-star rating by a single reviewer won’t automatically go to the top of the list, but one with numerous reviews well above the average will. This is done automatically with a software script that leaves out our opinion of which guides should be at the top of the list. The more reviews gamers submit about a guide, the more the software trusts the ratings to be accurate and allows it to move up the ranks free from our editorial opinion.
We Accept No Advertising
To avoid being influenced by any web hosting company, World of Warcraft Gold Guide Database accepts no advertising. No ads are shown on the site, and no guide publisher can pay us to have their site listed higher, or to remove negative reviews. We do add referral IDs to the links to the guide’s site if the guide has a referral program. This allows us to earn revenue to develop and maintain the website, however, we allow you to review whatever gold guide you’ve used, even if they don’t have a referral program.
We Need Your Support
Since World of Warcraft Gold Guide Database isn’t run the same way most “guide review” sites are run, controlled by advertising partners and maximizing affiliate commissions, we can’t really afford to buy massive advertising campaigns to get our name out there. Because of this we ask for your help.
If you’ve found our customer reviews of web hosts useful, and want to help us out in return, tell your friends about this site. Link to it on your website or blog, mention it on your Facebook or MySpace accounts, Digg us or Yahoo Buzz us, and recommend us whenever someone you know needs to buy a World or Warcraft gold guide. Thank you for your support!