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A few years ago a ton of sites started popping up for you to review local businesses and services in your area. The idea behind the sites such as JudysBook was that reviews were written by average everyday people like you, therefore they could be trusted more than a review you read on another site. Sites allowed you to create a profile, upload a picture, and invite all your friends to join as well so you can share information.GigPark works under the same principle, except the company assumes to some extent that the people you're friends with on the site are your actual friends, not just people who happened to find you on the site. You can import addresses from your yahoo, hotmail, or gmail account onto the site to find people you know who are already using the service, and invite those who are not.
GigPark also has a Facebook application, so you could pose questions like "Who know a great eye doctor" on facebook and solicit responses from your friends directly on Facebook. Of course your friends would also have to add the application in order for all this magic to happen, which given the multitude of annoying facebook applications kicking around these days, is probably unlikely. You can make your recommendations public however, so even without adding the application your friends can read how excited you are about your new plumber.
What do you think about sites like this? Would you use it to solicit recommendations, or would you rather just call a friend and ask?
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Noah Godfrey said 10:29AM on 6-18-2008
Thanks for the post, Emily.
We've had a great reaction to GigPark so far. We've seen people plan their entire wedding or find all the trades to renovate their home through recommendations from their friends on GigPark. They tell us that there is no easier way to find out who your friends (and their friends) use and trust.
We LOVE feedback so anyone who tries it, please let us know what you think: feedback AT gigpark DOT com
Noah Godfrey
Founder, GigPark
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