Word-of-mouth has long been a driver of small business success (and failure), and these days it takes the form of online customer reviews. But the relative anonymity provided by the Web has added a new wrinkle: review fraud. In fact, fake reviews have been a real problem on Yelp. Last fall the popular user-review site started publicly shaming unscrupulous businesses trying to game its platform by posting consumer alerts on the Yelp pages of companies paying for positive reviews. Another common problem is negative reviews posted by personal enemies or competitors using phony profiles. Stik is trying to attack the fake review issue in a different way, allowing only people with names, faces, and legitimate social media profiles to post reviews. Doing so is free and merely involves signing in with a Facebook or LinkedIn login, then inviting friends and connections within those social networks and your address book to review a business. According to Stik co-founder Jay Gierak, requiring businesses and reviewers to login with Facebook or LinkedIn makes it much more difficult for impostors to wreak havoc on a business via bad reviews and ratings because both networks are diligent about sniffing out sockpuppets. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#address book
#bad reviews
In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller about wealth, status, obsession and murder. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-07-02 09:03:17 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#book review
#patricia highsmith
#talented mr
#book club
Starring an undergraduate student at Oxford, Rosalind Brown’s debut novel is exquisitely attuned to the thrill and boredom of academic life. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-06-22 09:00:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#debut novel
#book review
At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsModest price for decent specsBright, clear, and colorful displayCute and funky designImpressive microphonesConsDoesn’t have good sustainNot as snazzy or speedy as competitionHinge can pinchOur VerdictThe Acer Aspire Vero 16 is pretty average in most areas, but... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2024-06-19 10:30:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#digital content
#rest assured
#browser tabs
#created equal
The bestselling books of the week, a look at states that have banned book bans, and more from Book Riot's news coverage. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-15 15:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#banned book
#bestselling books
Barnes and Noble’s cheap new e-reader can also work as a basic, bare-bones tablet. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-06-15 14:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#barnes
The misdeeds of the über-wealthy, the histories of famous brands, strategies for avoiding burnout, and the nuts and bolts of starting a new business are among the topics covered in this season’s offerings. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#topics covered
In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is not what it seems. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-06-11 09:01:04 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#first novel
#nicola yoon
#book review
In his memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club,” the Hollywood hyphenate Griffin Dunne, best known for his role in Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours,” recounts his privileged upbringing. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-06-09 09:02:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#memoir
#martin scorsese
#book review
In a new book, the journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz shows how we have used narrative to manipulate and coerce. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-06-05 09:05:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#science fiction
#annalee newitz
#book review
Reading Anna Akbari’s memoir of online manipulation, you think you’ve seen it all — then you keep reading. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-06-04 14:30:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#memoir
#book review
Picture book writers whose works look different from one another because they’re illustrated by different artists are less apt to be on your radar. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-05-31 09:04:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#picture book
#picture books
#book review
Adam Higginbotham’s Challenger, Daniel Handler’s And Then? and Then? What Else?, and Kathleen Hanna’s Rebel Girl all feature among the best reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-05-31 08:57:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#fiction titles
#true story
#book reviews
#lit hub
#book marks
#daniel handler
#adam higginbotham
#reviewed nonfiction
The sad decline of this nearly 200-year-old institution has culminated with a decision to end the daily print editionThey could as well have felled Big Ben, drained the Serpentine or butchered the ravens in the Tower. No more daily print edition of the Evening Standard. No headlines to greet us... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-05-30 07:00:23 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#print edition
#weekly magazine
#digital service
#daily newspaper
#announced plans
#evening standard
Kobo isn’t the first on the color-ereader scene; Boox and Pocketbook have had color ereaders and tablets for years. Both of those companies make beautiful, premium devices that are highly capable and customizable — but they don’t offer the plug-and-play ereader experience of a Kindle or Kobo. Of... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-05-23 13:00:13 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#kindle
#comic book
#major publisher
#ebooks
#price hike
#faster processor
#extra steps
House Bill 4567 expands protections for libraries and library workers by making those threaten libraries with violence subject to the same enhanced penalties as individuals who threaten schools. The measure also creates a grant program to support improved library security. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#grant program
#library workers
Enhancements to Amazon Publisher Cloud and debut of Signal IQ represent the triopolist’s latest adland overture. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2024-05-21 04:01:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
A new survey conducted by the Green Book Alliance found that a reduction in business travel has gained popularity as a way for publishing companies to reduce their carbon footprint, while the use of carbon offsets and recycled paper has declined. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#popular book
#publishing companies
#recycled paper
#carbon footprint
#survey conducted
Read our reviews of this year's winning works of fiction, general nonfiction, history, biography, and memoir and autobiography. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#memoir
#general nonfiction
#winning works
Michael Deagler’s first novel follows a young man who is piecing his life back together and trying very hard not to drink. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-05-06 09:00:26 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#first novel
#young man
#book review
The key to audiobooks' future in Latin America, some say, is 'localized' dialects — and more enthusiasm from publishers. The post As Bogotá’s Book Fair Closes: Audiobooks and Localization appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-02 23:49:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#book fair
#latin america