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TurboAngel · 09-24-2013, 09:17 AM

Looks like there is a crack down on them. Do you look at reviews? It's all over the news here.

PR_Glen · 09-24-2013, 12:06 PM

for food and hotels, fake ones are normally easy to spot. for me anyway.

JockoHomo · 09-24-2013, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by PR_Glen

for food and hotels, fake ones are normally easy to spot. for me anyway.

Agreed, just read enough of them to make an informed decision and it really is pretty easy to pick out the blatant fake ones most of the time.

L-Pink · 09-24-2013, 02:22 PM

"I read this thread an it sucks compared to a similar thread posted earlier"

nexcom28 · 09-24-2013, 02:23 PM

I stayed at a hotel last year which was simply awful. I went because the review on Tripadvisor was 4 or 5 stars.
I couldn't believe that all these people actually liked the place when I thought it was horrible.

I kept an eye on the reviews over the months and watched as review after review of 1 review contributors commented how great it was.
Occasionally a real reviewer would come along and say the truth but the owner would slag them off and say that they were rowdy or lying.
Unfortunately, on Tripadvisor there is no way to respond to an owners comments.

Anyway, I tried to leave a couple of poor reviews myself as I was so disgusted that this guy was getting away with it but the reviewes were not accepted.

I guess he uses some outsourcing company or something.

TurboAngel · 09-24-2013, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by PR_Glen

for food and hotels, fake ones are normally easy to spot. for me anyway.

That's true.

2MuchMark · 09-24-2013, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TurboAngel

Looks like there is a crack down on them..

It's about time.

$5 submissions · 09-24-2013, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TurboAngel

Looks like there is a crack down on them. Do you look at reviews? It's all over the news here.

Yep but also the use of fake IPs to make fake reviews https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1121897

shake · 09-24-2013, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nexcom28

I stayed at a hotel last year which was simply awful. I went because the review on Tripadvisor was 4 or 5 stars.
I couldn't believe that all these people actually liked the place when I thought it was horrible.

I kept an eye on the reviews over the months and watched as review after review of 1 review contributors commented how great it was.
Occasionally a real reviewer would come along and say the truth but the owner would slag them off and say that they were rowdy or lying.
Unfortunately, on Tripadvisor there is no way to respond to an owners comments.

Anyway, I tried to leave a couple of poor reviews myself as I was so disgusted that this guy was getting away with it but the reviewes were not accepted.

I guess he uses some outsourcing company or something.

Yeah it's pretty normal to see people looking to buy bulk reviews on sites like Freelancer. I used to read reviews extensively, but I now think they are totally worthless after seeing how many companies are doing this.

09-24-2013, 09:17 AM	#1
TurboAngel H.B.I.C. Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NC Posts: 30,122	Fake online Reviews Looks like there is a crack down on them. Do you look at reviews? It's all over the news here.

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09-24-2013, 02:22 PM	#4
L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,151	"I read this thread an it sucks compared to a similar thread posted earlier"

09-24-2013, 02:23 PM	#5
nexcom28 So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,716	I stayed at a hotel last year which was simply awful. I went because the review on Tripadvisor was 4 or 5 stars. I couldn't believe that all these people actually liked the place when I thought it was horrible. I kept an eye on the reviews over the months and watched as review after review of 1 review contributors commented how great it was. Occasionally a real reviewer would come along and say the truth but the owner would slag them off and say that they were rowdy or lying. Unfortunately, on Tripadvisor there is no way to respond to an owners comments. Anyway, I tried to leave a couple of poor reviews myself as I was so disgusted that this guy was getting away with it but the reviewes were not accepted. I guess he uses some outsourcing company or something.