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Credits: Mail Online By: Tom Rawstorne Disturbing proof the online review that made you book your holiday may be FAKE: Investigation reveals an entire industry is dedicated to generating bogus appraisals for cash ‘If you want to give a good impression or mislead consumers into trusting you, the best way to do it is to
Credits: Mail Online By: Antonia Hoyle ‘Gumtree is unquestionably one of the favourite and most prolific resources used by criminals,’ says Chris Emmins, co-founder of KwikChex, an online investigations and authentication business. ‘It is inherently dangerous for consumers — both buyers and sellers — and the utmost cau
Credits: Mail Online By: Callum Paton * Jason Page, 20, from Telford was sued by US lawyer Timothy Bussey * The Colorado lawyer had received abuse on a Google Maps profile * Judge said it was ‘likely’ Page had been paid to post damaging comments * Lawyer went to extreme lengths and pursued his attacker […]
Credits: Mail Online Reporting by Liisa Tuhkanen; Editing by Tom Heneghan Google Inc said on Monday it had reached a settlement with a British businessman over defamatory postings in its search results describing him as a pedophile, a murderer and a money-launderer. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.daily
Credits: Mail Online By: Thomas Burrows * 18,304 requests from Britons to remove links to more than 60,000 URLs * UK has third highest number of requests, behind France and Germany * EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ allows EU citizens to ask for links to be removed from Google search results * Google has published [&hellip
Credits: Mail Online By: Alexandra Klausner * The Union Street Guest House in Hudson, NY doesn’t allow negative Yelp reviews for wedding guests * Of the 572 Yelp reviews online, 554 of them were posted on Monday after media outlets drew attention to the hotel’s policy * Please know that despite the fact that wedding [&
Credits: Mail Online By: Lizzie Edmonds * Chris Hobson, 46, who wrote 512 reviews in 2013, is site’s ‘top reviewer’ * But he is now facing legal action over one of his scathing critiques * Director of Double Barrel Steakhouse and Grill claims his words are libelous * Sarah Bird says man threatened poor score [&he
Credits: Mail Online By: Ted Thornhill * TripAdvisor user left review of Lincoln City hotel it’s claimed is ‘malicious’ * ’12Kelly’ wrote that some staff at The Ashley Inn ‘were high or drunk’ * The anonymous user also alleged that the owner smoked drugs * At the time of writing 158 reviews of the hotel [&h
Credits: Mail Oneline By: Sam Webb * Restaurants and hotels report rise in diners dropping website’s name * They threaten to post negative review if they don’t get free food or wine * One steak house owner says alarming trend ‘just isn’t right’ Above excerpts and read the full article on www.dailymail.co.uk/
Credits: Mail Online By: Victoria Woollaston * More than a fifth of Americans have reviewed a product they’ve never used * This rises to almost a third of parents with children under 18 * The majority (32%) claimed they did so simply because ‘they felt like it’ * While 22% admitted they just didn’t like […
Credits: Mail Online, By: Mark Palmer ‘Fake reviews are only one issue. Just as serious is the way Trip- Advisor drags its feet over removing old reviews when a business has changed hands or undergone refurbishment. Victims of this include Maria and James Church — the mother and stepfather of singer Charlotte Chu
Credits: Mail Online, By: Mark Palmer ‘But critics say the website is quicker to dispute reviews that are over-positive than those that are particularly negative. The story of Ziggy Hussain, who owns an Indian restaurant in Halifax called Ziggy’s Spice House, is instructive. After receiving excellent reviews, mor
