{"id":9424,"date":"2012-07-20T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T00:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=9424"},"modified":"2012-07-19T10:50:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T02:50:04","slug":"simple-blogging-tips-do-you-only-write-positive-reviews-does-writing-negative-reviews-make-your-blog-more-credible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2012\/07\/simple-blogging-tips-do-you-only-write-positive-reviews-does-writing-negative-reviews-make-your-blog-more-credible\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Blogging Tips: Do you only write positive reviews? Does writing negative reviews make your blog more credible?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Writing a negative review is, I think, a bit of a tricky subject. We all want to “tell the truth” and “be honest” but sometimes, it feels like someone is just rah-rah-ing all over the place. “This is soooo good!” “I can’t live without this!” “Holy grail!!” Been there right? Personally, I don’t like being a Debbie Downer so I only really blog about stuff I already like. I mean, why pepper my blog with negativity right? We get enough of it in real life \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

But sometimes, when a highly raved product doesn’t work, or if I do receive a product for review and it doesn’t work for me, should I write a negative review or just leave it aside and focus on all the other good stuff I have? Should I feel that I should say something nice instead since its “free”? Will saying I dislike a product make my blog more credible? Its a personal call.<\/p>\n

I’d love to know what readers think too! Does the presence of a negative review make the blog appear more credible to you? Or do you make your own judgments based on all you’ve read?<\/p>\n

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Many years ago, when I started blogging, there weren’t many blogs in the field and the few blogs I read based in the USA were strongly criticized by their readers for only ever praising products. They were accused of selling out and pandering to the brands so they would continue to receive freebies. A response from one of the bloggers (now no longer blogging) stuck with me. She said it was her blog and she wanted it to be a happy place so she only focused on the good stuff and stuff she liked. Why should she blog about stuff she didn’t like just to make others think her credible? And I think that makes a lot of sense and its something I personally believe in too.<\/p>\n

So I think it comes down to what you are comfortable with. Writing a negative review doesn’t make you any more or less credible as a blogger. Your readers will be able to figure it out themselves. It just comes down to what you want to present and your method of presentation. If you do feel that a product merits a a negative review, but aren’t sure how to deal with it, \u00a0I’ve got some tips here. Please feel free to share yours too \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n