Like a virus it infects all the major review sites, especially Google and Amazon. Greg Sterling on April 22, 2020 Fake reviews are a growing problem for consumers and the local and product-search sites they rely on to make purchase decisions. We know from multiple studies that roughly 90% of internet users consult online reviews … Continue reading Fake reviews problem is much worse than people know
Daniel Hopper — March 27, 2020 What is Authenticity? Authenticity has become somewhat of a “buzzword” over the past few years, and marketers have been scrambling to boast authenticity in marketing copy. For good reason, as recent data shows that 85% of shoppers consider authenticity an important aspect when making a purchasing decision. Brand trust … Continue reading Can You Fake Authenticity?
Standards To Combat Fake Reviews Needed As Trust Erodes by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, March 6, 2020 Nearly three-quarters of consumers want the retail industry to implement standards with severe punishment for violators to combat fake reviews and even harsher punishments for noncompliance. One of the punishments would be paying a fine of up … Continue reading Standards To Combat Fake Reviews Needed As Trust Erodes
An Estimated 11 Million Fake Business Listings On Google Maps by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 21, 2019 Despite Google’s sophisticated algorithms and high-paid software engineers, the company struggles to protect against “chronic deceit” from fake listings on Google Maps. There is a long history of this type of abuse on the site. This … Continue reading An Estimated 11 Million Fake Business Listings On Google Maps
Three-quarters of respondents indicated they “fully” or “somewhat” trusted Amazon reviews. Greg Sterling on April 8, 2019 Multiple sources have concluded Amazon has a growing fake-reviews problem. Yet the majority of consumers appear to be unaware of it, according to new consumer survey data from CPC Strategy (part of Elite SEM). Majority trust Amazon reviews. The survey of … Continue reading Consumers largely unaware of fake reviews problem on Amazon
WaPo’s ad engineer’s tweet touched a nerve, racking up more than 6,000 likes, nearly 3,000 retweets and a slew of comments and numerous sub-threads. Robin Kurzer on December 27, 2018 Aram Zucker-Scharff, ad engineering director for Washington Post’s research, experimentation and development team, lit up a tweetstorm Wednesday, calling just about every way that the digital marketers … Continue reading Fake, fake, fake: Epic tweetstorm targets marketing’s metrics house of cards
What You Can Do To Stop Fake News, Ads: Boycott by George Simpson , Featured Contributor, September 6, 2018 Before you sit through the Senate hearings (or read Sheryl Sandberg’s 10-page self-congratulatory opening remarks), I hope you read this BuzzFeed story about how researchers from the advocacy group the Campaign for Accountability just spent $35 … Continue reading What You Can Do To Stop Fake News, Ads: Boycott
Amazon — Once Again- – Fights Fake Reviews, Click Fraud by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, (July 31, 2018) Scams used to outsmart Amazon’s algorithms that are intended to rank and serve up the most relevant products at the top of the results page are growing nearly as fast as its budding search and advertising businesses. The … Continue reading Amazon — Once Again- – Fights Fake Reviews, Click Fraud
Shortly after CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the EU Parliament, Facebook shared multiple announcements outlining its safety and security efforts. Amy Gesenhues on May 24, 2018 Following Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance before the EU Parliament on Tuesday to address the company’s mishandling of user data, Facebook published three separate announcements covering its current … Continue reading Facebook’s latest on fake news, misinformation campaigns & user privacy
News Media Alliance Tells Google, Facebook to Take Responsibility For Fake News by Melynda Fuller , April 30, 2018 After some muddled testimony, during which Mark Zuckerburg insisted Facebook is a tech company not a publisher, Facebook’s stock soared — despite some calls to delete the app. In addition to a major user-data scandal, the … Continue reading News Media Alliance Tells Google, Facebook to Take Responsibility For Fake News
