Some time ago, I wrote a review about Wize, and how its aggregation of reviews just made it a breeze to use.  Summize just takes that model – and turns it into something even more user friendly by providing quick charts that allow you to see how good or bad a product is without actually having to read a single review!

What it does is crawls the web, blogs, and review sites like Amazon,and aggregates up user opinions.  When you type in a search query, Summize puts together a tabulation of positive and negative reviews on a standard 5 point scale on a chart which looks like this…

…now wasn’t that easy?  In one chart, you’ve gotten the summary of 371 reviews! 

If you need more details, you can of course drill down and read the full reviews and get your concerns addressed.  You can also add in your own review and opinion about the product if you like.  Currently Summize works for books, movies, music, electronics, toys

Use it properly and you’ll find that you’ve…

• Saved a bundle of time
• Spared yourself the ‘review fatigue’ of skimming through one review at a time
• and most importantly – made an informed decision about a product

Next time you need an opinion (or a few hundred of them), try out Summize.

Bonus Links:

• Rotten Tomatoes: My time favorite professional movie review aggregation site
• Metacritic: Another good professional review aggregation site for books, movies, TV and more