As one commentator, S. K. Nicholls, said «Amazon won't
post a paid review... but demand payment for your RIGHT to review.»
Not yet having read the NYT piece, I'll say this:
Posting a paid review without disclosing that it was paid for is considered deceitful and unethical according to the US federal government (whether the tenor of the review was guaranteed or not).
Not exact matches
Also,
pay keen attention to
reviews posted by the users of your application and work doubly hard to reverse any negative
reviews.
Lifestyle Lift had to
pay $ 300,000 in settlement costs to the state of New York for having its employees
post flattering
reviews of the company without disclosing their affiliation.
I also subscribe to the Financial Samuri blog and just
posted a similar article on the Personal Capital retirment calculator... co-incidence or did they
pay bloggers to write good
reviews of their product??
A company marketing guitar and other instructional DVDs will
pay US$ 250,000 for allegedly fake
reviews posted by the company's affiliate marketers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Friday.
It can also work when you get links on
review posts — genuine ones, not cheap
paid reviews from sites with nothing BUT cheap
paid reviews.
Hi everyone, it's my first
pay a quick visit at this website, and article is actually fruitful for me, keep up
posting such articles or
reviews.
(who wants to read the 1,000 th «this cutting machine is awesome»
paid review posted in one day or about store bought pudding cups or mouthwash on a craft blog!?!)
If products need to be returned and are not being provided as a form of compensation for our time to
review your product, you will need to
pay a «sponsored
post» fee for us to
post about your product.
I agree that it is misleading and dishonest to
pay only for positive pieces regarding HCFS... as opposed to compensating the blogger for taking the time to
review the materials and a create a
post no matter what their ultimate POV is.
I received product to perform this
review, this is not a
paid post.
I don't accept sponsored
posts where I'm
paid by a company to
review or feature their product.
The FTC has clamped down on bloggers who
post reviews of products without disclosing they were
paid for doing so.
The
pay increases, as the state struggles with budget cuts and falling revenues, average 6 percent and are worth nearly $ 1 million on an annual basis, payroll records
reviewed by The
Post show.
The practice has been used by businesses to manipulate social media users or online shoppers, by having one
paid associate
post false
reviews on web sites about products for sale.
«Early on I received a lot of products to trial and
review and now I am moving towards more experiences, sponsored
posts and
paid campaign work.
Once again, I've partnered with Grana for this
post (I picked out items to
review, but they did not
pay me for this
post; of course, all opinions are my own).
Her
post is an informational one on why bloggers should get
paid to do
reviews.
The biggest lesson I learned by doing this blogging month in
review is that I need to
pay attention to my most popular
posts and make sure they're in tip - top shape.
Among all articles about fraud on PPL sites (I plan to make a list of all publications on the topic one day), one
post stands out, attracting plenty of attention from visitors and users — the one listing websites of
paid correspondence that we
review to ensure a woman's profile doesn't appear there (that's one...
Anyone who thinks that Be Wild is a great app to meet people is obviously being
paid to
post a positive
review.
The answer is that they are inflating positive
reviews and buying
reviews (something is easily found searching on Google) and
paying people to
post positive
reviews.
Dating Sites
Reviews - Would You
Pay To Highlight Your
Posts On Facebook?
Research the websites you are interested in using;
pay attention to the information
posted on the website about the company and check user
reviews prior to opening a profile.
Paid escort
review sites is where they are
posting sugar baby profiles, this is why you get the cross traffic and all the strange going ons.
Review: Huffington
Post Election 2012 offers frequent updates of new content and includes both blogs by unpaid writers and articles by
paid reporters.
Some people have bought them on Fiverr, «I'll
pay you $ 5 to
post a
review for your book.»
Then there are companies springing up like Blue Inc., where self - published authors can
pay a small fee for unbiased
reviews that are
posted on the web.
It takes just a quick Google Search to discover that
paid Amazon
reviews have become a lucrative industry with offers to
post 5 star
reviews, positive comments on negative
reviews, and even to
post negative
reviews on competitive items.
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.
«
Paid Reviews — We do not permit reviews or votes on the helpfulness of reviews that are posted in exchange for compensation of any kind, including payment (whether in the form of money or gift certificates), bonus content, entry to a contest or sweepstakes, discounts on future purchases, extra product, or other
Reviews — We do not permit
reviews or votes on the helpfulness of reviews that are posted in exchange for compensation of any kind, including payment (whether in the form of money or gift certificates), bonus content, entry to a contest or sweepstakes, discounts on future purchases, extra product, or other
reviews or votes on the helpfulness of
reviews that are posted in exchange for compensation of any kind, including payment (whether in the form of money or gift certificates), bonus content, entry to a contest or sweepstakes, discounts on future purchases, extra product, or other
reviews that are
posted in exchange for compensation of any kind, including payment (whether in the form of money or gift certificates), bonus content, entry to a contest or sweepstakes, discounts on future purchases, extra product, or other gifts.
I'm not suggesting one
pay for a
review that you cajoled your neighbor to
post on Amazon, but
paying for a professional
review in 2012 is perfectly fine — especially for an unknown, self - published author.
-LSB-...]
Posted by admin on Sep 5, 2012 Although it was not the first salvo in the unveiling of the fiasco that is author - purchased book
reviews, David Streitfeld's article The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy (NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012) has set off a firestorm of discussions like the one I'm following on The Book Designer website (Should Authors Pay for Book Rev
reviews, David Streitfeld's article The Best Book
Reviews Money Can Buy (NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012) has set off a firestorm of discussions like the one I'm following on The Book Designer website (Should Authors Pay for Book Rev
Reviews Money Can Buy (NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012) has set off a firestorm of discussions like the one I'm following on The Book Designer website (Should Authors
Pay for Book
ReviewsReviews?).
To the bad, that also means more competition for readers and the temptation to game the system by
paying people to
post five - star
reviews of their books.
The
Paid eBook
Review Argument — With the popularity of leaving
reviews online for everything from books to consumer goods, more and more consumers are relying on
reviews posted on ebook retail platforms — presumably,
reviews that were
posted by individuals who actually read the books they are
reviewing — to give them a head's up on which books are deserving of a five - star rating.
Between the mysterious disappearing act that happens quite often with
reviews posted to Amazon, the widespread news of authors buying favorable
reviews from
pay - per - star services, and the scandalous situation with author... [Read more...]
Between the mysterious disappearing act that happens quite often with
reviews posted to Amazon, the widespread news of authors buying favorable
reviews from
pay - per - star services, and the scandalous situation with author and reviewer bullying, reading consumers have had a hard time trusting any sort of reader feedback on a book.
Anyway, Anne R. Allen has a very good
post about why we shouldn't
pay for Amazon customer
reviews.
In the span of time since writing this blog
post back in 2007, Outskirts Press has responded to our authors» requests by introducing several
pay - for -
review options for our authors, including Kirkus.
And whether you love or hate a book,
post a
review and include a disclaimer that you haven't been
paid for doing so.
Often only the organizer of the tour gets
paid, but the blog
review is considered a «
paid review,» so it can't be
posted on Amazon.
Over the weekend, the New York Times
posted an article that profiled one company in particular, as well as discussed well - known self - published author John Locke's own use of some 300
paid book
reviews to boost name recognition and sales, a practice Locke himself does not take issue with.
Pay is modest; $ 15 for book
reviews ($ 5 for rejections and an additional $ 5 for appended YA recommendations), $ 12.50 for blog
posts, and negotiated fees for feature articles.
You can also
post a quote in the «editorial
review» section, the way you can
post a quote from a
paid review from Kirkus or another professional
review.
I wrote about it in my
post why authors should never
pay for Amazon
reviews.
I read Amazon's guidelines prior to commenting and, as I stated above, the only reference I can find to
paying for
reviews is in Amazon's Promotion Content guidelines (https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202094170), which don't allow a customer to
post «a
review in exchange for cash.»
A few commentators on the NYT's story
posted elsewhere didn't see any difference between
paid reviews and
reviews in publications where that took
paid advertising from publishers.
Because of them, I will not be allowed to write and
post any further
reviews on their site, regardless if I
paid, or not.
Integrity
Reviews abound on the web these days but it's often difficult to know which to trust, especially when there are businesses who are paid to post glowing reviews, and authors who solicit their friends and family to post 5 - star reviews, or even resort to writing them themselves under assumed
Reviews abound on the web these days but it's often difficult to know which to trust, especially when there are businesses who are
paid to
post glowing
reviews, and authors who solicit their friends and family to post 5 - star reviews, or even resort to writing them themselves under assumed
reviews, and authors who solicit their friends and family to
post 5 - star
reviews, or even resort to writing them themselves under assumed
reviews, or even resort to writing them themselves under assumed names.