Reviews not valuable, thus rejected

@swirlz (3136)
Philippines
June 6, 2008 10:54am CST
I tried submitting two reviews at reviewstream, but it says that my reviews are not valuable. I don't understand why, because I was pretty descriptive of my opinions and experience. Has anyone here been able to publish reviews at that site? How do you get them to be published? Was there anything specific they want in their reviews? Please share with me your experiences and insights. It would be really helpful. Thank you.
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mommyathome
@mommyathome (98)
• United States
6 Jun 08
I had that problem also. How long is your review? I had one rejected because it wasn't 200 words long.
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Aoi Hana
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
7 Jun 08
Hmm, I didn't know that it has to have a minimum of 200 words. I didn't count mine. Maybe it wasn't long enough? Thank you for this insight.
Aoi Hana
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
8 Jun 08
You're right. I added a few sentences in my review and I was able to submit it. I guess it really lacked length. Thank you for your advice. It was very helpful. I was able to pass both reviews, now I'm hoping they'd be published.
Jemina
@Jemina (5770)
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9 Jun 08
I tried to submit two reviews and they were both more than 300 words. Guess what? They were both rejected saying they were too short. I don't know but it seems that I don't have a luck with Reviewstream. They even banned me because they think I was just copying and pasting when in fact they suggested in their site that we should have a copy of our reviews.
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mommyathome
@mommyathome (98)
• United States
9 Jun 08
Your kidding?!! This is what I do... I write my review in MS Word so I can get a word count without having to count each word. The I past it into the review page on the site. I have never had a probem going this route. I then keep a file with all my sent reviews. As a matter of fact, I submitted five reviews on Thursday of last week this way and today I got confirmation emails that they have been accepted and my account has been credited $2.00 for each. The only other problem I can think you may be having is, the topic you are reviewing. Maybe they aren't interested in your chosen yopic at this time. I have been writing reviews on local businesses in my area as well as medications I have experience with. I submitted a total of 15 reviews since I began and only 2 got rejected.
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Aoi Hana
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
10 Jun 08
I didn't know we can check the word count in MS Word. How can we do that? That would save me a lot of time from manually counting the words. hehehe.
greenline
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
6 Jun 08
I have been writing reviews for ReviewStream too. Some got accepted and paid, some got rejected too. I have been writing about "travels" mostly. Check the list of items they need reviews for and try to focus on those. Those are the priority items. That would give you a better chance for acceptance, I think. Any way, keep trying.
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Jemina
@Jemina (5770)
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9 Jun 08
That's a good suggestion. As I my reviews have been rejected all the time I might resort to those priority items you mentioned. I still am hoping that I would get in that site. If others can, why can't I?
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Aoi Hana
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
7 Jun 08
Thank you. I would be doing that. Thank you for your advice.
sdas86
@sdas86 (6076)
• Malaysia
8 Jun 08
Hi, I have that problem too. I can't post my reviews to the site because of the same problem. I tried 2 times and I have written 2 reviews and my reviews are rejected.
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sdas86
@sdas86 (6076)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 08
Hi, Maybe you are right. I will try to write more than 200 words, maybe I can make some money from the site.
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Aoi Hana
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
9 Jun 08
Maybe the reviews didn't reach the 200 words minimum? That was the reason why I can't submit my reviews.
underdogtoo
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
8 Jun 08
Rejections are painful but they eventually become useful once we get over the emotional part of it. I think it is a good way to learn how not to write anything. I get enamored of a particular style of writing and I think it is cute and smart and witty and some editor clips my wings before I am airborne and saves me from myself. Rejections are great, if they make us better.
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Aoi Hana
@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
9 Jun 08
You're right. Sometimes, it makes us re-evaluate ourselves, and we become better persons. Thank you for your insight on rejections.