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Hello everyone! as promised I thought i'd post just a summary of some of the findings for those who are curious. The research focused on five objectives; Investigate the attitudes towards seeking opinions of products and services online; Discover the main factors behind spreading opinions online; To determine attitudes towards availability of opinions online; To see if there is more usage of online communication that traditional means of spreading word-of-mouth; To assess if there are still trust issues with eletronic Word-Of-Mouth. It was found that trust issues have been ironed out however there is still some issues to be dealt with. There was not more usage of online communication than traditional means however it has certainly created another medium for people to interact with each other. There were mixed attitudes towards the availability of opinions online, there was many aware of review sites however they did not use them intentionally, instead they were thought of a by-product of a search engine. It was found people were spreading opinions online due to being happy with the product of service, (previous studies have been aimed at negative word-of-mouth.) Generally attitudes towards seeking opinions of products and services online was one of convenience. Although there was cases of consumers going out of their way to search for product reviews, most would only do so if they are already on the internet. Overall the internet has made it easier for people to get a wider selection of opinions however, from this research, it does not seem to have encouraged the spreading of word-of-mouth, rather it is just being used as another medium of communication.

So sorry if this has been posted before. LED sheep. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDAM5lSPCwk

Thank you all! And I'm really sorry if I am bringing back bad memories to all ex-students

Thank you all very much, it's been a great boost to my numbers And yes, it's alot of help being able to recruit online, saves me having to print off and getting people to fill it out and hand it back.

Thank you. I certainly will (And hopefully it will fetch me a good mark too ) and thank you tlady as well!

And thank you Para handy, Auld Rasmie and Pooks It really is useful. It's wonderful how much response I'm getting

I'm sorry about that, but I think that should be fixed now. Thank you for letting me know. Thanks for completing it Suzanna!

Thank you tarotangel and Muppet! It's going to be really helpful.

Oh dear, i'l have a look into that! Thanks for letting me know. and Thank you peeriebryan!

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yeah, 297, i think im af to bed too!

You mean Washington i'm sure

looks like there may be a few sleepy eyes tomorrow!

if they are to put benches in "female" shops they should have them in the "male" shops too! my goodness, had to stand around for at least an hour whilst the boyfriend discussed guitars at the counter, remembering to make the appropriate ooooh's and aaaaah's when it was needed.

i seem to be missing it less and less the longer i stay away, it's usually after i've been back for a visit that i seem to run out of time to do everything i want and to catch up with everyone i leave behind.