referral service

[John Bryan]

what kind of thoughts are there about including a kind of referral list on the sight which could be set up similar to Ebay where any negative comments that were registered would lower your rating. Seems to me that one of the goals of the sight should be to encourage repeat traffic from both the community and outside the community. I've done something like this before in the East Bay of California and it was an enormous success. This would be an extension of sorts to the directory or perhaps a combination.

[edavis]

I'm not sure that I follow. Would the rating system be for businesses listed/advertising on the site or are the ratings done based on the website itself?