All is Better Than Some®

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You’ll make the smartest choice when you see the most accurate rating for each company. To do this right, the total rating score for each company must be calculated based on all the ratings available. All means visiting 10–20 different review sites. We say All is Better Than Some because even if you visit the two or three sources that collect the most reviews, you still seeing fewer than a quarter of a company’s ratings and wind up with a possibly misleading rating score.

Specialized Rating Sources

These review sources vary greatly based on the category of company you’re looking for and where you live. Some review sources specialize in collecting customer ratings for specific types of companies, like contractors or doctors or auto shops. Others attract customers from specific demographics or personality types, like young and hip or suburban families. Combining all customer ratings from all sources gives you the whole picture, so you get a truly accurate score.

Differences in Trustworthiness

The source’s methodology used for customer rating collection and presentation are key. Low-trust sources are easy to game and often littered with fake or cherry-picked ratings. Some sources seem to be set up explicitly to allow companies to suppress bad reviews. We weight each source by trustworthiness, downweighting or eliminating weak and nefarious sources.

Smarter

ONE AllRatings makes you smarter by giving you a super-composite rating optimized for accuracy and recency.

Limit of Liability

The ONE AllRatings® symbol is not a promise of a company’s future performance or your actual satisfaction with that company. We endeavor to perform the ratings process accurately and without bias according to the description supplied. Since we rely on multiple sources of information and each company’s performance can change over time, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided herewith. The content and materials provided are provided “As Is” and without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall we be liable to you or any other entity for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages. The ONE AllRatingsCERTIFIED® symbol does not mean that a certified company will meet every individual’s subjective markers for satisfaction. We do back our certification with a Performance Guarantee, which is our sole guarantee provided users of any information related to ONE AllRatings.