become a top 500 reviewer on Amazon

It took two years, but I’ve broken into the Top 500 Reviewer status. Now I just have to work to stay at that level.
Good luck to the rest of you with this goal.

Well, it’s not the top 500 ranking yet, but I’m really excited that I’ve made it to the top 1000. You can check out my progress at http://tinyurl.com/dyp64
One advantage of being in the top 1000 is your reviews get posted towards the top when there’s a large batch of reviews. Thus more people are likely to see it and vote on it.
I have a lot of reviews with no votes at all. Guess that’s the risk of reviewing obscure or older titles that not too many people search for.

I’ve posted twelve lists on Amazon and hope that leads more people to my reviews. When readers browse my lists and check out the titles, they may add votes.
Actually it’s interesting to group my reading into categories for the lists. It’s almost as much fun as book reviewing.

I’m glad to see Katchoo1 and Glen progressing towards their goals.
I’ve added quite a few more reviews (now have 383) and my votes total 487. I’m rummaging books from my shelves plus pulling up old columns of mine and extracting the book reviews to post on Amazon. The public library is a good source for me for newer books and I’m getting good response to my reviews on home decorating books.

I’ve upped my number of reviews to 213, and am trying to add some every couple of days. May have to rummage through my bookshelves for old favorites to review and post.
You can check out my progress at
http://tinyurl.com/dyp64
I’ve gained 46 votes in the past month. Some reviews don’t garner any votes, so maybe I’m reviewing items that are too obscure. Sure won’t get any votes if no one ever looks up that book on Amazon.

I keep checking to see if you are adding any new reviews. The other reviewers in the top 500 must be adding more (and then getting more votes). That leaves our ranking stagnant.
I hope to get more reviews posted this weekend. Maybe I can move up.

I have 183 reviews posted at http://tinyurl.com/dyp64.
So far I have 274 helpful votes.
Please take a look at my reviews. If any of them grab you, I’d appreciate a vote. You have to click on the title to reach the screen where you can vote.