Jul 172008

Addendum for Avvo’s Defective & Biased Lawyer Rating System

As an addendum to my last post about Avvo, check out the following:
Besides taking an extraordinary amount of time to complete a profile, and besides not being able to cancel an account (i.e., “unclaim” a profile), I’ve discovered another issue with Avvo’s online lawyer rating system.
When a lawyer is in the back-end of the platform, [...]

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Jul 082008

Avvo & Their Defective Lawyer Rating System Biased Against Solos & Small Firms

After reading a recent Chicago Tribune article regarding Avvo’s (www.Avvo.com) online lawyer rating system, I decided to check out the site for myself.
At first glance, the site looks interesting, useful and credible.  The same as many other online consumer, ratings, networking and other business related sites.  I enjoy these sites, use them and believe that [...]

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