FTC Announces a New Rule Banning Fake Reviews and Penalties over $50K
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on Oct. 21 announced that the agency’s ban on phony online reviews was going into effect, with penalties of $51,744 per violations. On social media platform X, Khan urged followers to report the proscribed practices at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Announcing the rule this August, she said that fake reviews “not only waste people’s time and...
Read MoreHow to Remove Negative, False, or Defamatory Blogspot Posts
Blogger (also known as Blogspot) is a widely used blogging platform owned by Google. It allows users to publish content to personal blogs easily and quickly, often ranking high in search engine results due to its popularity and keyword relevance. However, it’s possible for individuals to misuse Blogspot for posting harmful, false, or defamatory content. Here are methods to address and...
Read MoreGoogle My Business Introduces New Features for 4 & 5-Star Reviews
In today’s digital age, when someone is searching online for any type of business, the first website they seek out is Google. Regardless of the size of the company, the location or the industry, consumers will go to Google to learn more information about a particular company. In fact, some of the first things people may learn about a particular business will originate from what appears in a...
Read MoreNew Google Algo May be Penalizing some Complaint Sites like Ripoff Report
Is Google using a new Algorithm? Perhaps. Google watchers and online reputation management teams are reporting that Ripoff Report and a few complaint sites seems to have lost some visibility in Google’s search results at the start of November. Our CEO Pierre Zarokian first noticed the change around November 6th, after he checked different keywords related to his clients. He found only one...
Read MoreHow to remove a post from Thedirty.com
UPDATE 3/25/2020: Since this article was writen, Nik Richie is no longer the owner of thedirty. However, the site still does not remove content by request. TheDirty.com which is a website that allows anyone to submit “dirt” on anyone, such as information on cheating exes, has been known not to ever remove posts, even though they offer a removal request page. There are a few exceptions...
Read MoreRecent Instant Search Changes may help with Reputation Management
Google first launched its Instant Search feature several years ago. At the time, this function would display the results of a search as the user was typing. This kind of real-time search aligned well with Google’s mission to emphasize speed. The company dubbed the feature: “Google Instant”, but it is effectively dead as of this moment. Why did Google pull the plug? Read on to learn...
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