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Chris Emmins, co-founder of Kwikchex, said he had been approached in the past week by three celebrities who panicked after seeing how quickly the footballer Ryan Giggs’s name had been spread online. The company turned down the work "on principle", but the three men – an actor, an author, and a politician –
Credits: The Times By: Billy Kenber "Hotels and authors are paying agencies to boost their rankings on review websites and discredit their rivals." "Other companies take a different approach. Chris Emmins, co-founder of Kwikchex, works to remove false negative reviews posted by rivals or disgruntled former employees by
May 28, 2011 – www.einnews.com 24-7 Press Release Reputation Management is a relatively new and growing service, dealing principally with managing online reputation. The Times Berlin correspondent and author Roger Boyes is trying out the Verified by KwikChex service. DORSET, ENGLAND, May 28, 2011 – The Time
Online, peer-to-peer review sites like TripAdvisor hold immense sway over the reputations of hotels and resorts. But with many in the industry complaining of malicious or fraudulent reviews, Chris Lo asks if these sites are doing enough to protect hotels and travellers from misleading or defamatory material. Excerpt (f
The Bollywood Movie Awards season has started – and Feryna has been nominated for a prestigious Filmfare Award in the Best Debut (Female) Category for her role in ‘Sadiyaan’. The Filmfare Awards are the most prominent of all the awards in the Bollywood industry and nominations are prized, so Feryna is absolutely deligh
Credits: The Sydney Morning Herald By: Ellen Creager "Now, a British reputation management company, KwikChex, is gathering unhappy hotel owners and travel providers in a group to fight back. It’s threatening to file class action suits in Britain and the United States for defamation and libel unless TripAdvisor changes
Credits: The Times By: Chris Haslam "Next time you leave a hotel feeling ripped off, hard done by or otherwise aggrieved, take a deep breath before posting that stinking review on TripAdvisor, because it could end up costing you thousands of pounds in legal damages." "Chris Emmins is the co-founder of KwikChex, a compa
BackGround Brook Barn Country House in Oxfordshire has earned itself the highest reputation – one of the top places to stay in Oxfordshire on Trivago, AA 5 stars – and a 97% ‘popularity ranking’ on TripAdvisor. They have just asked KwikChex to help with a defamation issue on TripAdvisor. 5 days ago, a post appeared [&h
The last week has seen extensive press coverage of the actions by KwikChex.com against defamatory comments posted on TripAdvisor. Some of the information received from applicants contained information of a serious nature that has required further investigation. The next step is the submission to TripAdvisor of a list o
17th July 2010 BBC Click – The BBC’s flagship technology programme What happens to a business when somebody deliberately fakes online feedback…
Type ‘Appalling Hotels London’ into a Google search and it shows 576,000 results. Repeat the exercise, replacing the word ‘hotel’ with ‘restaurant’ – 372.000 results. You can repeat this exercise anywhere with similar results. New York will get 627,000 results for restaurants and 82,700 for hote
[gravityform id=7 title=false description=false] Fake and Suspect Online Reviews In addition to promoting Outstanding Businesses, KwikChex provides services that are aimed at creating a more honest and dependable Worldwide Web. This includes dealing with fake reviews. We defend our members against online defamation and
