Google’s Local Service Ads are supposed to be screened, guaranteed, and reviewed by someone contracted by Google. But supposedly, the reviews in many Local Service Ads are filled with fake reviews. As we covered earlier today, Google is now showing three local services ads on mobile, instead of two. Part of that tweet from Len […]
A few weeks ago, Mark Cuban (who needs no introduction), went to Twitter to complain about how Google is ranking fake Shark Tank endorsements. Mark wasn’t too happy with Facebook either about it. But Danny Sullivan from Google responded saying he will escalate the complaints. Here are Marc Cuban’s tweets with the complaints: where are […]
As e-commerce continues to grow, so too are fraudulent advertising practices, including fake reviews, undeclared paid referrals, and other practices that violate federal law. And now the FTC is trying to step up its action on that front by sending communications to over the Commission this week 700 companies, including Facebook, Amazon and LinkedIn, about […]