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  • I wanted to have a rating plugin for my gaming website so I went through and compared all major plugins, including Rating-Widget, WP-Postratings, and GD Rating System.
    The obvious disadvantage of Like Button Rating is that it provides only like/dislike buttons and not star reviews (Rating-Widget, for example, provides both). However, like buttons are in almost every case a better voting option than providing the user 5 or 10 stars options. Rotten Tomatoes uses it, Facebook uses it, most gaming websites use it.

    In terms of advantages, Like Button provides many:
    1) The ratings are calculated immediately upon clicking; there is no loading or flashing, or anything which looks odd. The user can undo a vote without refreshing the page.
    2) The branding appears only after voting in a tooltip above the buttons, along with a few sharing buttons. For example, Rating-Widget has a big (i) button right next to the ratings which sends you to their website.
    3) You can pick from a number of different themes or use your own images; there are many other options as well to customize the widget.
    4) The upgrade price is the best (unless you need to buy a bulk of 5+ licenses)! Rating-Widget charges $150 for lifetime 50K pageviews/month, YASR charges $150 for lifetime ($250 if you need 5 websites), GD Rating charges $200 for lifetime ($350 for 3 websites, $700 for 25, etc). Like Button has 4 different upgrade options which start from $30, and the two professional plans (no branding) cost $100 and $170 before coupons respectively. This includes 1M pageviews, which is more than enough for anyone not running a massive scale business.
    5) The ratings are hosted on Like Button’s website. This may be a concern for some, but the company is solid and you have the advantage of easy transferring from one platform to another. In case you decide to switch from WP to Joomla, WIX, or anywhere else in the future, you will be able to (easily) keep your ratings.
    6) Customer service is amazing! This is always one of the most important points for me, and Like Button delivers. Thank you so much for the perfect work!

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by logaritym.
    • This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by logaritym.
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