Comments on: Lawyers, watch out — Avvo is rating you http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Avvo: get advice from lawyers using Web 2.0 techniques » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/comment-page-1/#comment-823650 Avvo: get advice from lawyers using Web 2.0 techniques » VentureBeat Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:55:46 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/#comment-823650 [...] any luck, Avvo is going to make finding lawyers and getting legal advice a lot less [...] [...] any luck, Avvo is going to make finding lawyers and getting legal advice a lot less [...]

]]> By: Pat http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/comment-page-1/#comment-316878 Pat Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:27:59 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/#comment-316878 Steve Berman is now going after this most horrid of ventures. How could they possibly not see that applying such a subjective and coercive system to professionals (especially lawyers of all people) would lead to nothing but difficulty? Easy - ad dollars. They are finished. Steve Berman is now going after this most horrid of ventures. How could they possibly not see that applying such a subjective and coercive system to professionals (especially lawyers of all people) would lead to nothing but difficulty? Easy – ad dollars.

They are finished.

]]> By: Kat Duke http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/comment-page-1/#comment-300932 Kat Duke Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:31:40 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/#comment-300932 I looked at the site. They slapped up a little bit of public info without verifying accuracy or putting any effort into obtaining supporting info. I think the site wants to coerce attys into participating, ie supporting their efforts by correcting the misinformation they carelessly throw up. For me they could in no way have arrived the practice percentage they posted based on public info. It is obviously wrong. So I make the presumption the entire site of the same quality and accuracy. I looked at the site. They slapped up a little bit of public info without verifying accuracy or putting any effort into obtaining supporting info. I think the site wants to coerce attys into participating, ie supporting their efforts by correcting the misinformation they carelessly throw up. For me they could in no way have arrived the practice percentage they posted based on public info. It is obviously wrong. So I make the presumption the entire site of the same quality and accuracy.

]]> By: Paul Bloom -- Avvo co-founder http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/comment-page-1/#comment-265876 Paul Bloom -- Avvo co-founder Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:24:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/lawyers-watch-out-avvo-is-rating-you/#comment-265876 Hi Matt, There has been a lot of discussion regarding Avvo's client ratings, with some people predicting that only dissatisfied clients would post ratings. To date we've had over 500 client ratings submitted, with the vast majority being positive. This is consistent with the results from a recent Ipsos survey (sponsored by Avvo), which found that only 12% of consumers were not satisfied with their lawyer. So, at least so far, it seems that the fear of negative ratings has not be borne out. That said, we don't believe that anyone should choose a lawyer soley based on a rating. Consumers can use ratings as one tool to help them select a lawyer, but should definitely meet with the lawyer and do additional research before making this kind of decision. Hi Matt,

There has been a lot of discussion regarding Avvo’s client ratings, with some people predicting that only dissatisfied clients would post ratings. To date we’ve had over 500 client ratings submitted, with the vast majority being positive. This is consistent with the results from a recent Ipsos survey (sponsored by Avvo), which found that only 12% of consumers were not satisfied with their lawyer. So, at least so far, it seems that the fear of negative ratings has not be borne out.

That said, we don’t believe that anyone should choose a lawyer soley based on a rating. Consumers can use ratings as one tool to help them select a lawyer, but should definitely meet with the lawyer and do additional research before making this kind of decision.

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