Ciao Comments and Ciao tips...

I suggest you don't follow the advice of some given below. Especially the bit about leaving comments to boost up your community points. This is not the reason you should write comments - you should only write comments if: a) you have something constructive to say about the review itself, maybe a comment about how you found something the writer said which was of particular interest and relevance to you, or b) you are forced to leave a comment because your rating differs from the general average rating and Ciao's software has insisted that you leave a comment. There are several types of members on the Ciao site, there are those that are there to just make money and don't care what nonsense they write in reviews just hoping that everyone else will rate their work positively so they go around giving everyone else high ratings in the hope that these high ratings will be reciprocated - this are the members who probably won't be around for long as I actually actively report people who give high ratings to reviews that are cr*ppily written and it brings down the integrity of the site. Another type of member is like myself, someone who enjoys writing and would like to see Ciao stick around for many years to come, so tries to write quality informative reviews to assist a potential consumer make a decision about whether or not to buy the product or watch the film or visit the hotel, etc. Then you have the outright cheaters who just copy and paste other people's work and expect to get paid for it, these people are just out and out theives and get deleted on a daily basis. Sometimes they slip through the net because an honest member just hasn't caught them and reported them yet but believe me, they won't be on the site long term. Sorry for my very long response LOL! Good luck on the site, I hope you have a long term future there. Try not to get into bad habits, so read the site terms and conditions carefully and ALL of your questions should be answered. If you're unsure about anything to do with the site, drop me a line over there, I'm on the same username.

I'm also a member of ciao.com. You don't definitely need to leave your comments after you rate the reviews, but if you leave some comments, it will help you to boot up your points on ciao.com. It also makes the owner of the review to notice your rating. It can help you having more opportunity to get return ratings. I also find if you post your reviews on the afternoon of American time or European time you can get more chance to be rated. Best regards.