Friday, November 30, 2012

How good is the evidence?

Testimonials

A testimonial is a favorable report usually about a product or service.

Look at this testimonial for a car dealer, "Courtesy Chevrolet".

The customers look so happy!

Maybe they are happy because they got a free iPad!

Do you trust this testimonial?





 Fiverr.com


Many people are willing to give any testimonial about anything.

There is a website called Fiverr.com

In this website people offer many things for $5.

Many people will make a video testimonial for you for $5.

Click here to see.



Blurbs

A blurb is another kind of testimonial.

A blurb is a quote, usually from a famous author, saying how good a book is.

You can find many blurbs on the cover of any book.

Here is a book.

Here is the blurb.

 

Do you believe this blurb?

Many people do not believe blurbs.

Authors often blurb each other`s books.

Robert Parker, a famous detective author, said "Never blurb a book you`ve read, and never read a book you`ve blurbed."



Company testimonials

Companies love to show testimonials from their clients!

http://www.quickcert.com/client_testimonials.cfm



EBay testimonials

How can you know if a person on EBay is a good seller or not?

Read the testimonials!

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=mitchellkormos&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true

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