According to a 2023 survey, "The Ever-Growing Power of Reviews,” 74% of shoppers say that ratings and reviews are a key idea to learn about products they are buying for the first time. The same survey revealed that around 45% of shoppers won’t buy a product if there are no reviews available for it. So, these stats demonstrate how important customer reviews are, and Amazon is … [Read more...] about Amazon Using AI To Spot and Stop Fake Reviews
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The dark side of Amazon reviews – The shocking truth behind fake ratings and incentivized feedback
Thinking of trusting those glowing Amazon reviews? Think again. A recent investigation by U.K.-based consumer watchdog Which? as reported by The Telegraph exposes a disconcerting trend—some Amazon sellers resort to questionable tactics to boost their star ratings. Shockingly, one in 10 Amazon customers has been lured into providing five-star reviews through incentives like gift … [Read more...] about The dark side of Amazon reviews – The shocking truth behind fake ratings and incentivized feedback
Amazon Employees Accepting Bribes to Take Down Bad Reviews
Ah, the good old Amazon review saga... no, it's not authors buying mass blocks of five-star reviews. Oh wait, no, it's not authors bullying reviewers for leaving bad reviews, either. Nope, it's not authors buying one-star reviews for a rival author's book. Nuh uh, it's not Amazon removing any and all reviews that seem shady, purchased, left by an acquaintance of the author, or … [Read more...] about Amazon Employees Accepting Bribes to Take Down Bad Reviews
Authors Who Game the System Are Eating their Own
There's no doubt the publishing landscape and the world of self-publishing have changed vastly in just a handful of years. From the earliest days of the Kindle, readers could instantly download and devour book from their favorite authors. At the onset, Amazon had worked out lucrative deals with the then-Big Six publishers to offer any title that hit the New York Times … [Read more...] about Authors Who Game the System Are Eating their Own
Amazon is suing people who buy fake reviews
Over the course of the last two years Amazon has been on a rampage, suing companies that sell fake reviews. They have brought court cases against dozens of companies that target authors to professional reviews written for their e-books. Amazon is now going one step further, and filing lawsuits against companies that leave fake reviews on their own products and also buy … [Read more...] about Amazon is suing people who buy fake reviews
The Crackdown on Fake Amazon Book Reviews Has Begun
In a move that can easily be categorized under "omg it's about freakin' time" (considering Amazon posted its first-ever book review twenty years ago), the largest bookstore in the world has finally taken the first steps in combating fake reviews by suing three pay-for-review sites that operate out of California. These sites make promises about the slow posting of the reviews so … [Read more...] about The Crackdown on Fake Amazon Book Reviews Has Begun