Fake Reviews

Facebook and eBay make promises to better tackle fake and misleading reviews

Facebook has removed 188 groups, disabled 24 user accounts whilst eBay permanently banned 140 users.

E-commerce sites are riddled with fake reviews with no regulatory solution in sight

An increase of just one star in a rating on Amazon correlates with a 26 percent increase in sales

Amazon probes employees for selling customer data to third-party companies

Amazon employees apparently sell internal data to merchants who sell their goods on the website.

Google cracks the whip on fake reviews, ratings on Play Store

Google has now announced some major improvement in the backend that will help identify fake reviews. It has basically improved the ways in which it identifies and removes fake reviews and ratings.

Writing fake reviews or paying for online reviews will only hurt your business

The social media has changed not just our personal lives, but also the way businesses function, and to a larger extent. These days, at tech events we often see 'influencers' who are roped in to talk about the product.

Amazon sues over 1000 fake reviewers for misleading and inauthentic reviews

Amazon has sued over 1000 people for writing fake reviews. The lawsuit filed in Seattle Washington, says that false reviews damage the brand reputation with 'misleading and inauthentic' reviews.