{"id":5289,"date":"2022-04-07T09:39:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T07:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/07\/cuddly-toy-reviews-being-used-to-boost-headphones-on-amazon-says-which\/"},"modified":"2022-04-07T09:39:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T07:39:15","slug":"cuddly-toy-reviews-being-used-to-boost-headphones-on-amazon-says-which","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/07\/cuddly-toy-reviews-being-used-to-boost-headphones-on-amazon-says-which\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuddly toy reviews being used to boost headphones on Amazon, says Which?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magazine found sellers misusing \u2018review merging\u2019 to raise star rating of items from chargers to nose strips<\/p>\n

Amazon sellers have been artificially boosting their products\u2019 influential customer ratings by co-opting positive reviews of unrelated items, a leading consumer magazine has reported.<\/p>\n

Which? said nine of the 10 highest-rated headphones on Amazon were carrying glowing reviews that were actually for products such as cuddly toys, jigsaw puzzles and umbrellas. They included two that carried the \u201cAmazon\u2019s choice\u201d mark of approval.<\/p>\n

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\nMagazine found sellers misusing \u2018review merging\u2019 to raise star rating of items from chargers to nose strips
\nAmazon sellers have been artificially boosting their products\u2019 influential customer ratings by co-opting positive reviews of unrelated items, a leading consumer magazine has reported.
\nWhich? said nine of the 10 highest-rated headphones on Amazon were carrying glowing reviews that were actually for products such as cuddly toys, jigsaw puzzles and umbrellas. They included two that carried the \u201cAmazon\u2019s choice\u201d mark of approval. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Magazine found sellers misusing \u2018review merging\u2019 to raise star rating of items from chargers to nose strips Amazon sellers have been artificially boosting their products\u2019 influential customer ratings by co-opting positive reviews of unrelated items, a leading consumer magazine has reported. Which? said nine of the 10 highest-rated headphones on Amazon were carrying glowing reviews …<\/p>\n

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