Someone please help. I enjoy reading and sometimes writing reviews on trusted outdoor equipment, but it seems lately that this is becoming almost immposible. Everytime I try, I am bombarded by store ads, store reveiws, etc. I can't even seem to find a link anymore to write reviews at all. Am I completely doing something wrong, or is the site just not as user friendly as it use to be? For example, just type in "Mountain Hardwear" into the search box. You'll be taken to several pages of store adds. NOWHERE can somebody actually read or write a review off these pages. This is frustrating. What am I doing wrong?

You aren't doing anything wrong. It's our search engine. It's horrible; epinions knows and has been trying to make it user friendly. Most of us use Google to find things on epinions. For example - staying in this category - if I wanted to write about my Zoid pack rather than even typing anything into the search engine, I'll type in epinions, Zoid pack and up it will come if it is in the data base.

You can't just type in a general topic under the best of circumstances. Many times typing in the EXACT name of the product will do the trick. But I was looking to see if a beer was listed and typed it in exactly - no luck. I googled it and there it was on epinions. Hope this helps. Don't give up. Would it be ok if I posted this on the general message board? jo

Sure no problem posting it, I'm sure other have the same issues.. good day! PS. again, how exactly can I right a review for a product that hasn't been reviewed yet?