OpenSea product lead resigns over use of insider NFT info for purchases The marketplace hopes to prevent further abuse through tighter controls. J. Fingas @jonfingas September 16th, 2021 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images OpenSea isn’t wasting much time after its head of product was accused of exploiting insider information to turn a profit on non-fungible … Continue reading Over 80 percent of NFTs minted for free on OpenSea are fake or plagiarized
One-Third Of Black Friday Online Shoppers Were Fake, Study Finds by Nina Lentini , Staff Writer @Nina_Lentini, December 2, 2021 Whoah! On the heels of upbeat reports about Black Friday sales come new data that reveal that a third of all online shoppers were bots and fake users. Cybersecurity company CHEQ says 35.7% of all … Continue reading One-Third Of Black Friday Online Shoppers Were Fake, Study Finds
Ken Fortney January 14, 2021 In a 2020 report, Marketing Dive noted that influencer marketing was helping brands consistently achieve 500-1800% returns. By any standard, ROI numbers this high are astounding. But an increasing number of brands trying influencer marketing for the first time are confused about what makes this strategy work (not every brand … Continue reading What are Fake Influencers and How Do You Find Them?
Syed Balkhi August 7, 2020 While many WordPress plugins have free versions, you can also find pirated copies of the pro or premium versions online. These pirated copies use a “nulled” license key to get you access to the plugin. It’s against most plugins’ terms of service, is illegal, and could put your site’s security … Continue reading How a Fake WordPress Plugin Can Kill Your Site
Erika Jenkins June 30, 2020 We’ve all seen those social media accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers that get less than a hundred likes and rarely have any comments on their posts. People have been led to believe that in order to be successful on social media, you need to have a large number … Continue reading Fake Follower Counts: A Toxic Trend
Stacey Rudolph — June 2, 2020 The takeaway for this post is that: Fake reviews are like cancer-causing junk food to your online business. They may look delicious and tempting, but they could deal a fatal blow to your online business eventually. Fake reviews and testimonials are much more harmful than most people know, and … Continue reading How Harmful Are Fake Online Reviews? [Infographic]
Like a virus it infects all the major review sites, especially Google and Amazon. Greg Sterling on April 22, 2020 Fake reviews are a growing problem for consumers and the local and product-search sites they rely on to make purchase decisions. We know from multiple studies that roughly 90% of internet users consult online reviews … Continue reading Fake reviews problem is much worse than people know
Daniel Hopper — March 27, 2020 What is Authenticity? Authenticity has become somewhat of a “buzzword” over the past few years, and marketers have been scrambling to boast authenticity in marketing copy. For good reason, as recent data shows that 85% of shoppers consider authenticity an important aspect when making a purchasing decision. Brand trust … Continue reading Can You Fake Authenticity?
Standards To Combat Fake Reviews Needed As Trust Erodes by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, March 6, 2020 Nearly three-quarters of consumers want the retail industry to implement standards with severe punishment for violators to combat fake reviews and even harsher punishments for noncompliance. One of the punishments would be paying a fine of up … Continue reading Standards To Combat Fake Reviews Needed As Trust Erodes
An Estimated 11 Million Fake Business Listings On Google Maps by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 21, 2019 Despite Google’s sophisticated algorithms and high-paid software engineers, the company struggles to protect against “chronic deceit” from fake listings on Google Maps. There is a long history of this type of abuse on the site. This … Continue reading An Estimated 11 Million Fake Business Listings On Google Maps
