Product Reviews in India

Are you buying a home appliance? Have you moved into a new locality and want to know reviews of schools and hospitals in that area? You are a book worm and need to decide whether to buy a book? Are you looking to buy insurance from a specific company? 

One can get answers for these questions at http://mouthshut.com. It provides a platform for the customers to review about products and businesses in India.

When I need to make a buying decision, I can go to this site and look at reviews from other buyers of same or similar products. I can even create my trusted set of advisors and get their view before buying an item. I never tried this option though. The categories of items seems to be pretty exhaustive and the navigation is a little cumbersome. The search would be handy if we know exactly what we are looking for. Too many advertisements  are interspersing with the actual content, which is quite annoying. You can  post a blog entry, write your own review, upload your photographs and even create a poll.

In olden days, how many people could we ask before buying an item? But then, the number of products available for purchase were only in proximity, the options were few and the needs were limited. Word-of-mouth, which was applicable back then, is amplified many times by mouthshut.com.

Did you find any other such sites with so many reviews?