The Web Tech Culture Why you should be suspicious of that verified Amazon customer review There's a good chance someone was paid to write it By Skye Jacobs, July 11, 2024, 8:34 AM 34 comments
Industry Chinese companies banned for using paid reviews are suing Amazon It's not out of spite; Amazon is allegedly withholding their earnings By Rob Thubron, September 30, 2021, 6:49 AM 16 comments
Electronics The Web Amazon hits over 600 Chinese electronic brands with the banhammer Consumer-friendly or anti-competition? By Matthew Lee, September 19, 2021, 10:54 AM 25 comments
The Web Industry Aukey earbuds found listed on Amazon despite ban for fraudulent reviews Products listed were 'sponsored' for top search results By Cal Jeffrey, July 27, 2021, 2:26 PM
The Web Tech Culture Hate fake reviews? Amazon says blame social media Something else to blame on social networks By Rob Thubron, June 16, 2021, 8:41 AM 15 comments
Tech Culture Hardware MSI allegedly attempted to bribe YouTuber to prevent a negative review Not a good look for MSI By David Matthews, July 15, 2020, 3:58 PM 41 comments
The Web Tech Culture UK competition regulator tell Facebook and eBay to tackle fake reviews The CMA is cracking down on reviews for sale By James Miller, June 22, 2019, 11:02 AM
The Web FTC settles with supplement maker in first case against fake, paid reviews on Amazon Hopefully, this will discourage others from doing the same By Rob Thubron, February 27, 2019, 5:25 AM 9 comments
Gaming Industry Valve dropped the ban hammer on a developer that reviewed its own games Email from Insel Games CEO leaked on Reddit and got both of the company's games pulled By Cal Jeffrey, February 14, 2018, 4:34 PM 14 comments
Mobile Huawei asked people to write fake Mate 10 Pro reviews for chance to become beta testers The phone doesn't launch in the US until Sunday By Rob Thubron, February 13, 2018, 6:04 AM