Posts Tagged &#8216;Mail Online&#8217;

Credits: Mail Online By: Tom Rawstorne Disturbing proof the online review that made you book your holiday may be FAKE: Investigation reveals an entire industry is dedicated to generating bogus appraisals for cash ‘If you want to give a good impression or mislead consumers into trusting you, the best way to do it is to […]

KwikChex warns of dangers to consumers using Gumtree in Daily Mail article

27th July 2015

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Credits: Mail Online By: Antonia Hoyle ‘Gumtree is unquestionably one of the favourite and most prolific resources used by criminals,’ says Chris Emmins, co-founder of KwikChex, an online investigations and authentication business. ‘It is inherently dangerous for consumers — both buyers and sellers — and the utmost caution is required when using it.’ Above excerpts [...]

British internet troll who posted bad review about American lawyer on Google faces £100,000 libel bill after his target successfully sued him

9th March 2015

Google, lawyer, libel, Mail Online, review, www.dailymail.co.uk

Credits: Mail Online By: Callum Paton * Jason Page, 20, from Telford was sued by US lawyer Timothy Bussey * The Colorado lawyer had received abuse on a Google Maps profile * Judge said it was ‘likely’ Page had been paid to post damaging comments * Lawyer went to extreme lengths and pursued his attacker […]

Google reaches out-of-court settlement in UK defamation case

25th November 2014

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Credits: Mail Online Reporting by Liisa Tuhkanen; Editing by Tom Heneghan Google Inc said on Monday it had reached a settlement with a British businessman over defamatory postings in its search results describing him as a pedophile, a murderer and a money-launderer. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.dailymail.co.uk

More than SIX THOUSAND people have their pasts erased from Google

13th October 2014

Daily Mail, erased, Google, Mail Online, right to be forgotten, search results, www.dailymail.co.uk

Credits: Mail Online By: Thomas Burrows * 18,304 requests from Britons to remove links to more than 60,000 URLs * UK has third highest number of requests, behind France and Germany * EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ allows EU citizens to ask for links to be removed from Google search results * Google has published […]

Hotel’s Yelp rating plummets to ONE star after it’s revealed they charge wedding couples $500 for any guest that leaves a negative review

11th August 2014

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Credits: Mail Online By: Alexandra Klausner * The Union Street Guest House in Hudson, NY doesn’t allow negative Yelp reviews for wedding guests * Of the 572 Yelp reviews online, 554 of them were posted on Monday after media outlets drew attention to the hotel’s policy * Please know that despite the fact that wedding […]

Businessman who has submitted 512 TripAdvisor reviews in one year accused of blackmailing a restaurant into giving him a free meal by threatening it with poor scores

23rd July 2014

Daily Mail, free meals, Mail Online, poor scores, Restaurant, review, tripadvisor, TripAdvisor reviews, www.dailymail.co.uk

Credits: Mail Online By: Lizzie Edmonds * Chris Hobson, 46, who wrote 512 reviews in 2013, is site’s ‘top reviewer’ * But he is now facing legal action over one of his scathing critiques * Director of Double Barrel Steakhouse and Grill claims his words are libelous * Sarah Bird says man threatened poor score […]

TripAdvisor user sued for posting scathing review accusing Oregon hotel’s rooms of being ‘nasty’ and staff being ‘high or drunk’

27th May 2014

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Credits: Mail Online By: Ted Thornhill * TripAdvisor user left review of Lincoln City hotel it’s claimed is ‘malicious’ * ’12Kelly’ wrote that some staff at The Ashley Inn ‘were high or drunk’ * The anonymous user also alleged that the owner smoked drugs * At the time of writing 158 reviews of the hotel […]

‘Give us free meals or I’ll put a bad review on TripAdvisor’: Anger at blackmailers using online ratings website to extort free rooms and dinners from hotels and restaurants

14th May 2014

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Credits: Mail Oneline By: Sam Webb * Restaurants and hotels report rise in diners dropping website’s name * They threaten to post negative review if they don’t get free food or wine * One steak house owner says alarming trend ‘just isn’t right’ Above excerpts and read the full article on www.dailymail.co.uk/

Don’t trust online reviews! A fifth are left by people who have NEVER tried the product

27th January 2014

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Credits: Mail Online By: Victoria Woollaston * More than a fifth of Americans have reviewed a product they’ve never used * This rises to almost a third of parents with children under 18 * The majority (32%) claimed they did so simply because ‘they felt like it’ * While 22% admitted they just didn’t like […]

KwikChex Member Dexby Townhouse featured in Mail Online

5th August 2013

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Credits: Mail Online, By: Mark Palmer ‘Fake reviews are only one issue. Just as serious is the way Trip- Advisor drags its feet over removing old reviews when a business has changed hands or undergone refurbishment. Victims of this include Maria and James Church — the mother and stepfather of singer Charlotte Church — who […]

KwikChex Member Ziggy’s Spice House featured in Mail Online

5th August 2013

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Credits: Mail Online, By: Mark Palmer ‘But critics say the website is quicker to dispute reviews that are over-positive than those that are particularly negative. The story of Ziggy Hussain, who owns an Indian restaurant in Halifax called Ziggy’s Spice House, is instructive. After receiving excellent reviews, more than 250 were deleted by TripAdvisor because […]

It’s the hotel review website that millions use to help choose their holiday. But… Can you trust a single word on Trip Advisor?

5th August 2013

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Credits: Mail Online, By: Mark Palmer ‘By sharing all your experiences, you’re helping other travellers make better choices and plan their dream trips. That’s what you are told before posting a review of a hotel or restaurant on the website TripAdvisor. But better choices and dream trips don’t always come into it. You might just […]

Five-star fake! TripAdvisor prankster fools the foodies: Disgruntled user posts spoof reviews in anger at site not being policed properly

30th July 2013

Eleanor Harding, KwikChex, Mail Online, Oscar's restaurant, reviews, tripadvisor, www.dailymail.co.uk, www.kwikchex.com

Credits: Mail Online By Eleanor Harding * Oscar’s was billed as one of the best places to eat in Britain * The staff ‘would swim to catch whatever fish the customer wanted’ * Bookings began to flood in after the eatery supposedly opened on May 1 * Diners were baffled when they arrived at an […]

Amazon deletes thousands of obviously fake book reviews to the anger of several authors

4th January 2013

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Credits: Mail Online By Damian Ghigliotty * Writers say thousands of mostly positive book reviews have been deleted from the online shopping site in recent months * Amazon will not disclose how many reviews it has erased * Several writers have voiced frustrations with the move * Others are pushing for more vetting of book reviews Amazon […]

Guesthouse owner goes to war with £3bn TripAdvisor: From one of the UK’s loneliest spots, a challenge over bogus guest reviews

18th September 2012

Chris Emmins, KwikChex, Mail Online, Paul Harris, tripadvisor, www.dailymail.co.uk

Credits: Mail Online By: Paul Harris ‘Richard Gollin took on the corporate might of TripAdvisor after customers confirmed they had cancelled bookings because of criticism they read on the site, widely viewed as the travellers’ bible.’ ‘Chris Emmins of KwikChex, which investigates online reviews, believes there could be up to ten million fake postings among […]

Freedom of speech should never mean freedom to abuse. As a victim, I welcome plans to unmask cowardly internet trolls

9th July 2012

Dominique Jackson, freedom of speech, Mail Online, online defamation, www.dailymail.co.uk

Credits: Mail Online By: Dominique Jackson ‘That is why we should give a cautious welcome to Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s new proposals to oblige internet service providers to unmask the online bullies who are using their websites to post defamatory messages so that innocent victims do not need to resort to costly legal action to […]

An end to internet trolls? You must be joking!

7th July 2012

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Credits: Mail Online By: Donal Blaney ‘The spin doctors at 10 Downing Street have done well today. The media has bought – hook, line and sinker – the spin that the Defamation Bill will mean an end to the scourge of internet trolls.’ Above excerpts and read the full article on www.dailymail.co.uk

TripAdvisor reviews can’t be trusted: Website fails to vet comments, says watchdog

1st February 2012

Advertising Standards Authority, ASA, KwikChex, Mail Online, reviews, Sean Poulter, tripadvisor, www.dailymail.co.uk

Credits: Mail Online By: Sean Poulter ‘TripAdvisor can no longer claim to offer ‘trusted and honest’ reviews, the advertising watchdog has ruled. It said that because the world’s biggest travel website does not vet its 50 million users’ comments, it cannot guarantee they are genuine.’ ‘It has faced claims that some establishments are being given poor […]

Hotelier sues TripAdvisor after accusations she wrote fake positive reviews causes revenue to plummet by 75%

25th October 2011

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