- Review Platform Sitejabber Inflated Clients' Ratings, FTC Alleges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Sitejabber allegedly boosted its e-commerce clients' ratings by soliciting, and then postin ...
- Upsides To Google Labeling Positive Fake Reviews On Maps
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 27, 2024
The company has decided to call out businesses that have posted positi ...
- Bad Reviewed: Gannett Closes Its Product Review Site
Publishing Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 26, 2024
Business matters led to the closure of its review site "Reviewed," Ganne ...
- Yelp Speaks Out On FTC Fake Comment Ruling
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 15, 2024
Yelp, which relies heavily on ratings and comments, has become an outspok ...
- Proposal To Outlaw Fake Reviews Too Vague, IAB Says
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 13, 2024
The FTC's proposal to stamp out fake reviews could lead online business ...
- Yelp Expands Use Of AI In Review Summaries, Adds Budgeting Tool
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 31, 2024
The company will roll out AI review summaries that highlight a location ...
- 'Search Generative Experience' Forecast To Fuel $40B Annually For Google
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 18, 2024
BrightEdge data shows the impact of Google's Search Generative Experience supported ...
- Etsy, eBay, Others Weigh In Against Texas And Florida Content Moderation Laws
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Etsy, eBay and Yelp have joined a growing list of companies a ...
- Agency Finds Review Abuse, LSA Reviewjacking On Google
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Review stars disappeared overnight from search results for many businesses in 201 ...
- Mozilla's Future In Chatbots, Large Language Models
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 17, 2023
Saoud Khalifah is building Mozilla review products for Amazon, Best Buy, eB ...
- Yelp Adopted AI - Then It Really Adopted AI
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Sunday, October 29, 2023
Yelp is benefiting from an advanced bidding system by advancing AI technolog ...
- This Is What An Advanced Attribution Model Looks Like
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 21, 2023
"You don't need to eat the elephant in one bite," M^2 C ...
- 2023 U.S. Business Openings Tracking To Beat Previous High
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Yelp released data Tuesday that suggests "strong national growth" across all busine ...
- Google Maps -- One-Third Of People Don't Trust It
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 31, 2023
A survey by user-generated mapping platform Atly suggests an "alarming level ...
- Google Merchant Center Policy Tags AI-Generated Reviews As Spam
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 28, 2023
Automated review content created by generative AI will be considered spam a ...
- Roomster Nears Settlement With FTC Over Fake Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Apartment finding service Roomster has reached a tentative settlement with the feder ...
- Google AI Efficiencies Expand Across Search, Shopping, Maps, Bard
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Detailed queries about a location retrieves a snapshot of information from acro ...
- Amazon Tests AI To Summarize Product Reviews
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Amazon is testing the use of AI in its shopping app ...
- Amazon Leads In Fake Reviews As Consumer Trust Continues To Erode
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 12, 2023
Sixty-three percent of U.S. consumers surveyed said they are more concerned abo ...
- Tripadvisor Leans Into Fight Against Fake Reviews
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Reviews left on Tripadvisor in 2022 rose more than 20%, compared wi ...
- Most Consumers Read Online Reviews On Brand Quality
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Thursday, March 16, 2023
More than half of survey respondents said online reviews need to ...
- Yelp Reports Advertising Revenue Rose 15% In 2022
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 9, 2023
Yelp CFO David Schwarzbach noted that while demand for home-service providers h ...
- Yelp Weighs In With FTC Over Fake Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 9, 2023
Review platform Yelp is urging the FTC to consider fining anyone involv ...
- 88% Of Yelp Survey Participants Say It's Important To Understand Review Platform Reliability
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Some 88% of respondents to a survey said it's important to understa ...
- FTC Considers New Rules To Combat Phony Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 20, 2022
"Fake and deceptive reviews and other endorsements have long been problematic, a ...
- FTC Wants Platforms To Crack Down On Fake Reviews
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 15, 2022
"Platforms are in the best position to fix the review ecosystem ...
- BrightEdge Data Identifies Search And Optimization Patterns For Holiday Season
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 24, 2022
As brands grab real estate and keyword rankings in organic search, BrightEd ...
- Mentions Of Inflation In Reviews Rise At Record-High Rates On Yelp
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 20, 2022
The Yelp report, a benchmark of local economic strength, reveals changes ...
- Amazon Sues Facebook Group Admins, Targets Fake Review Brokers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Amazon on Tuesday filed legal action against the administrators of more th ...
- FTC Puts Review Platforms On Notice For Violations
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 4, 2022
Ten review management platforms were put on notice by the FTC. Lette ...