Add list/rating of websites participating on roulette
It would be good if you have a list of websites that have been reviewed to give more exposure to those websites. Also it could show who's got more reviews, site scores, etc. You can have a weekly/monthly/overall rating.
We are planning to create a number of "top" ratings for the following categories:
* Sites having the most reviews
* Sites, owners of which have written most reviews (top contributors)
* Top rated sites in categories - Overall value, Design, Usability, Content
There will be an option in site properties to exclude it from public ratings (if you decide you don't need much exposure).
Please leave a comment if you have any ideas about site lists.
This is sort of a pet preference of mine, but I highly recommend implementing the Schulze method of preferential ranking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method) when building any kind of ranking system.
This is, of course, more appropriate when it comes to ranking final contestants, not rating on a numerical scale or with a like/dislike scheme. But it tends to follow these schemes and it works very well!
Note: the end of the linked Wikipedia article contains several links to open-source software implementations.
Thanks for the hint, Tactical. This is definitely worth considering. Maybe it will be an overkill for our project, maybe not. If we can find/create an efficient SQL implementation of this method, I don't see any reason why not to use it. The comparison matrix for different voting methods on wikipedia looked very impressive.