our reviews
Our reviews of children's
products are impartial and unbiased. Products reviewed on the
site have been carefully selected from hundreds of products,
handpicked for their superior ability to both educate and
entertain children. See our How
We Rate Products page for more information about our selection
process.
The Review Corner has been around since 1999, and you'll notice that
we offer archived reviews. We don't delete older reviews because
many products are still available, and even discontinued products
can still be found in store's bargain bins and on eBay. We hope
you find our reviews helpful and comprehensive.
Review Corner was started in 1999
out of the pure desire to offer independent reviews of children's
products to parents, caregivers, and teachers. In 2001, Review
Corner was acquired by Discovery, and came back in our hands in
2003. Discovery did a wonderful job hosting the reviews. Their
site is a powerhouse of useful information.
Advertising on the site is kept
to a minimum. We do not, and will not, employ pop-up ads or other
distracting and annoying forms of advertisement. We provide links
to buy products through an affiliate arrangement with Amazon. When
readers buy products through our links, they help support Review
Corner. However, it should be noted that our commissions are
minimal and cover the costs of running and maintaining the domain
name and the site. Our reviews remain impartial, and we never
recommend products so that we can get the fifty cent commission.
There are numerous outstanding products to recommend, and we have
no need to push an inferior product for the sake of earning
commissions.
Since Review Corner's inception
in 1999, the nature of the Internet has changed drastically. For
one, numerous sites have been created that act as portals to sites
like Amazon, wherein they use Amazon information feeds as
descriptions for products. For another, search engine rankings
have changed, largely favoring sites that are heavily linked to.
This has given rise to what I can only call link exchange madness.
Linking to other sites, as a result, has become a business. Review
Corner does not take part in link exchanges. Given these facts,
Review Corner has been pushed down in search engine rankings. We
hope that our readers distinguish our reviews and our site from
largely commercial ones, and recognize our integrity.
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