Nineteen companies caught writing fake reviews on websites such as Yelp, Google Local and CitySearch have been snared in a year-long sting operation by the New York Attorney General, and will pay $350,000 in penalties.
Wow.
Fake reviewers snared in NY Attorney General sting
Tip of the iceberg, I’m guessing.
Anybody catch folks doing this on Amazon? Samsung maybe? We know that got caught in Taiwan doing that.
Crowdsourced information really is overrated.