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Writing Fake Online Reviews Could be Made Illegal
Source As a review platform, you’ve probably heard us talk about fake reviews pretty frequently. But today, we bring you some promising news! The government have outlined some plans to make it illegal for businesses to both write and host fake online reviews. And it’s about time! ‘Cowboy builders aren’t welcome’
How to Plan a Campaign for Collecting Reviews
Whether your business is new to collecting online reviews, or has been doing it for a while and you’re in need of some fresh ideas, we hope this blog helps you plan and/or revitalise your campaign! Set clear goals. If you have a very clear goal (what you’re wanting your online review campaign to achieve)
Do Online Reviews Matter More Than Word of Mouth Now?
You’re looking for a new product or service. Do you a) ask family/friends for recommendations or b) take to Google and see what others have purchased and/or experienced? If we were asking you this pre-2008 then offline word of mouth was still far more credible to customers than its online counterpart. However, that was 18
Are Amazon Allowing Fake Reviews?
On June 25, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced an investigation into whether Amazon have broken consumer laws by failing to take action against fake reviews on it’s site. They are investigating concerns that Amazon have not been doing enough to prevent or remove fake reviews to protect their customers and honest businesses.
How Can You Get Customers to Include Keywords in Their Reviews?
We’ve all read reviews that say something like, “Service was good. Will go back” and whilst it’s very kind of customers to take the time to leave a review, reviews like this don’t really provide too much useful information to your prospective customers, nor will they help boost your organic search engine optimisation (SEO), thereby
Using QR Codes on Business Cards
QR codes are codes consisting of an array of squares which can be read by machines – including smart phones! They can contain a URL, and when they are scanned by a user it will automatically take them through to that URL on their device, opening a new tab. QR codes can be beneficial as
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