CNN reports that Amazon is suing 1,000 sellers of fake positive reviews. Some “reviewers” apparently accepted empty envelopes with Amazon shipping labels from sellers to meet the “verified seller” requirement. 3 Reviews We’ve Written For Amazon “Love how you’re driving… Read More ›
reviews
Hotel Charges Guests For Bad Trip Advisor Review
CNN reports that a couple who gave a hotel in Northern England a bad review on Trip Advisor received an additional bill per the hotel’s policy: guests get $156 “fine” on their credit card for giving the hotel a bad… Read More ›
Restaurant Gets One Star On Yelp After Asking Patrons To Give It Bad Reviews
Time reports that a restaurant in San Francisco, dissatisfied with the way Yelp does business, has offered discounts on pizzas to patrons who gave the restaurant one-star reviews on Yelp. You can check out the range of reviews for Botto… Read More ›
Giving Yourself Five Stars Online May Not Be A Five Star Idea!
The New York Times reports that New York regulators have agreed to allow $350,000 in penalties to be paid by companies that wrote fake positive online reviews for products or services. Apparently something called “reputation enhancement firms” write fake reviews,… Read More ›
Someone May Have Lied On A Yelp Prison Review! Is There Not An Integrity Test Before Writing Yelp Reviews?
The Washington Post reports that lawyers, prisoners, and random jerks who may be the same people who vandalize Wikipedia, are reviewing prisons on Yelp! From the article: “At no time did the officer violate any of my constitutional privileges and even… Read More ›
Is your razor blade dull? Time to find a sharp object to open the package of new blades!
We’d like to congratulate Gillette on the brand’s new Fusion Proglide blades which according to the packaging “effortlessly glide…” Although we’d be more likely to congratulate the brand if the blades came in a package that effortlessly glided open first… Read More ›
NotTheWorstNews 