The Fake reviews at microsoftprojectviewer.com

It is no secret that I am the President of KaDonk, Inc. As such, I am looking for other competitors, reviews, and blogs that are concerned with Project Management.

Today I came across an interesting one, microsoftprojectviewer.com. At first glance, this very basic webpage seems like a great place to compare project viewers, and get a recommendation on which one is best... However, after reading a little more, it seems to be rather doubtful this is anything else than a great promotion for Steelray. Let's analyze it a little deeper.

1. Obviously, Steelray is the highest ranked viewer.

This is fine if course, if the website is truly impartial. However it is also the only review with positive mention of... well, anything. All other reviews mention "doubtful legal territory", "unnecessarily complex, " or "doesn't feel finished." One of the other reviews even mention Steelray positively. Hardly fair. Read them and see yourself.

2. The reviews have many facts wrong, for instance, Seavus IS in fact a Microsoft partner (as far as I can see on the Microsoft partner sites). The UI comments are clearly off (I've tried several of these viewers myself, and they're pretty good). In fact, Seavus is a CLEAR winner over Steelray any day, which is clear for anyone who tries the two.

3. The fake form for contacting the non-existing editor of this seemingly objective 3rd party evaluation site always fails with a note about an empty "comment" field. It is almost as if no comments are wanted.

And of course the nail in the coffin:
4. The Domain microsoftprojectviewer.com is registered to Brian Leach at GoDaddy.com. Interestingly enough, Steelray.com is also registered to Brian Leach. Coincidence?

Now, don't get me wrong. I don't mind that you blow your own horn, or try to sell your own product. But presenting what looks like a 'fair' review, which is obviously nothing that a scam, that I don't like.

I've tried a number of free viewers, and compared them to ours (LiveProject). I urge you to make your own comparisons !

Brian, come on, take that scam down, it's embarrasing.