TopTenReviews

Infobox Website
name = TopTenReviews
slogan = "We do the research so you don't have to."
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url = http://www.toptenreviews.com
commercial = Yes
type = Reviews/Ratings
registration = Free/Subscription
owner = TopTenReviews, Inc.
author = Jerry Ropelato
launch date = 2003
current status = Active
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TopTenReviews (TTR) is a website which aggregates reviews for software, hardware, web services, music, movies, and video games from other sites and publications. Founded by Jerry Ropelato in 2003, TTR is, as of May 2008, one of the most popular sites of its kind by size and traffic, with the largest online database of media reviews [http://www.prlog.org/10017720-toptenreviews-named-finalist-in-the-2007-american-business-awards.html TopTenREVIEWS Named a Finalist in the 2007 American Business Awards ] ] and an Alexa rank of 3,616 as of May 19, 2008. [ [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/toptenreviews.com toptenreviews.com - Traffic Details from Alexa ] ] It was named a finalist in the e-commerce category of the American Business Awards in 2007. One of its major competitors is Metacritic.

The site converts critic reviews from various scoring systems (such as 100-point, 10-point, letter grade) to an overall average on a four star scale with four decimal places (i.e. 0.0000 to 4.0000), and then ranks the media products based on their metascores.

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Other features

The site's other features include background information for each media product (such as developer, publisher, release date, ESRB or MPAA rating), screenshots, hints/cheat codes for video games, and a price comparison listing a la PriceGrabber.

As of May 28, 2008, the site's had 190,040 entries in its movie database [ [http://movies.toptenreviews.com/reviews/mr5717.htm Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Movie Reviews at TopTenReviews.com ] ] , 455,189 entries in its music database [ [http://music.toptenreviews.com/reviews/al93462.htm Pet Sounds Album Reviews at TopTenReviews.com ] ] , and 34,477 entires in its video games database. [ [http://games.toptenreviews.com/reviews/g27164.htm Super Mario Galaxy - Game Reviews from TopTenReviews.com ] ] There are over 700,000 movie reviews and 200,000 game reviews.

For video games, TTR also ranks titles among others released on the same console, same genre, and same year of publication. For movies and music, titles are ranked by decade and year of release as well as all-time. [ [http://music.toptenreviews.com/reviews/al995897.htm Nouns Album Reviews at TopTenReviews.com ] ]

Rankings

As of May 2008, the all-time top-rated movies on the site include [ [http://movies.toptenreviews.com/list_all_time.htm Top Movies of All Time at TopTenReviews.com ] ]
# "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)
# "Citizen Kane" (1941)
# "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
# "The Godfather" (1972)
# "12 Angry Men" (1957)

As of May 2008, the all-time top-rated music albums on the site include [ [http://music.toptenreviews.com/list_all_time.htm Top Albums of All-Time at TopTenReviews.com ] ]
# "Pet Sounds" by The Beach Boys
# "Revolver" by The Beatles
# "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
# "The Hits" by Garth Brooks
# "London Calling" by The Clash

As of May 2008, the all-time top-rated video games on the site include [ [http://games.toptenreviews.com/list_alltime.htm Top Video Games of All-Time at TopTenReviews.com ] ]
# "Super Mario Galaxy" (Wii)
# "Grand Theft Auto IV" (Xbox 360)
# "Grand Theft Auto IV" (PlayStation 3)
# "Resident Evil 4" (GameCube)
# "Half-Life 2" (PC)

References

External links

* [http://toptenreviews.com/ TopTenReviews website]