tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post1881383530483680708..comments2023-06-24T08:42:11.557-07:00Comments on Caroline Gerardo : User Comments Brand ReviewsCaroline Gerardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12376556246231855571noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post-39688468166306327222011-10-27T17:05:34.303-07:002011-10-27T17:05:34.303-07:00So does that mean I won't have to send the $25...So does that mean I won't have to send the $25 for a review for Angel? <br /><br />Kidding.<br /><br />I'm hopeful that the review thing gets cleaned up, so people can have a fair sense of whether a book is dung or platinum. Still, in the end, I've read books with many dozens of 5 star reviews that are barely coherent gibberish, so there's no telling what you're getting until Russell Blakehttp://russellblake.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post-50665313292955145682011-10-27T16:37:22.939-07:002011-10-27T16:37:22.939-07:00Madison Woods you are right they will sign up for ...Madison Woods you are right they will sign up for new accounts and start all over. But they will have low rankings as reviewers and few numbers. nothing too good or too bad lasts too longCaroline Gerardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376556246231855571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post-24525100859461559182011-10-27T16:36:04.150-07:002011-10-27T16:36:04.150-07:00K Victoria Smith does apply to books today Amazon ...K Victoria Smith does apply to books today Amazon took down about 1 million reviews by anyone who was posted on blogs that offered reviews for a fee. The poster might have only done one or two paid reviews and twenty real ones but they all were erased. Bezos took the stance- It's our website and we gonna do what we want if you smell even a tiny bit like a burroweed we aren't going to ask Caroline Gerardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376556246231855571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post-59829207562817468762011-10-27T14:52:37.893-07:002011-10-27T14:52:37.893-07:00I think that'll make the review process more f...I think that'll make the review process more fair for a while, but sooner or later the ones who do it will find a way around the roadblocks. I get requests from people to write (good) reviews for books I've never read, and they don't care if I read it or not. They just want the good review. I'm sure with other products incentives will be offered in ways that aren't easily Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post-3620351728135376062011-10-27T13:59:09.213-07:002011-10-27T13:59:09.213-07:00I agree Caroline. Having worked in financial servi...I agree Caroline. Having worked in financial services, the goal of most corporations is to stay up with and once in a while ahead of the scammers. I applaud the effort to clean up product reviews. I hope it extends to books to eliminate the bogus 5-star, not to be confused with the genuine,(to raise rankings) and the bogus 1-star (to lower the ranking of a competitors work).Karen A Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059555184380048745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post-31845122249094024442011-10-27T13:36:09.176-07:002011-10-27T13:36:09.176-07:00Mhairi it is a landscape growing from ocean and la...Mhairi it is a landscape growing from ocean and lava. Amazon won't give away their plans or secrets, and a bevy of individuals will find new ways to rudder around the rules. Everything in the future is going to change.Caroline Gerardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376556246231855571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989564365945386689.post-16757214405744730472011-10-27T13:07:31.749-07:002011-10-27T13:07:31.749-07:00Watch this space? It's going to be interesting...Watch this space? It's going to be interesting to see how it pans out. Everything is in such flux these days, I'm barely even paying attention to what happens today. It's what happens next year I'm interested in, and of course, that's somewhat hazy right now!Mhairi Simpsonhttp://www.mhairisimpson.comnoreply@blogger.com