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Are You or Your Company Listed on a Scam Blog?

Jun 05
2013

The most disturbing thing about company review sites is that they are a dime-a-dozen these days. It seems like anyone can share their complaint about products or services anywhere. Since these review sites are littering the internet, how can a person judge which ones are accurate or just gripe sites?

Before you spend a large amount of money on a product or service, a company reviews site may be beneficial to you. What is important to know is that you should already know what you are or aren’t looking for in your purchase before checking these review sites. A poor review could have a negative impact on you buying decisions if you haven’t figured out what is or isn’t important to you in that future purchase.

For example, when buying a car it might be a good idea to know what features are important to you and which ones are not. By doing this before checking the reviews, you can weed out the reviews that are unimportant from the ones that are. Negative reviews and complaints can be a good thing as well. If many people are complaining about the same thing, there may be some legitimacy there. Review sites can help you speed up your search when making important buying decisions.

How can you judge the legitimacy of review sites in general? That’s a tough question. Some tell-tale signs of legitimate reviews are proper grammar, punctuationthe ones without exclamation marks tend to be more accurate, and appropriate languagein other wordsno curse words are involved. If you see any of these things not being handled correctly, you may want to take that review with a grain of salt. It may just be a disgruntled employee or a competitor claiming false information as accurate.

Complaints and negative reviews on company review sites can be posted by anyone about anything. If you own a company and you have some negative reviews out there about you, you MAY have some legal rights to sue that person. If the information presented on the review is false and you can prove it, the intent was malicious, and you can prove a loss of income, you may just be able to hold the person who posted the negative review liable for damages.

If there is ever a doubt when perusing company review sites, call the company in question or communicate directly with them by other means. A negative review doesn’t necessarily mean that the company or product isn’t legitimate. When speaking with a representative of the company ask them questions and state your concerns. There are three sides to every story: what person #1 says happened, what person #2 says happened, and what actually happened. Take all sides into consideration before weighing your decision.

Company review sites like Ripoff Report, Glassdoor, pissed consumer, Angie’s list, scam blogs, and yelp seem to be the most visited review sites these days. However, a few of these reviews are heavily biased in one direction or the other. Furthermore, it may be a good idea to review these sites yourself to see if someone has listed you! Which reviews can a person trust these days? The truth is, it will always be a crapshoot. However, the truth always lies somewhere in the middle. There isn’t one review out there that correctly sums up a product or service. Use your best judgment and good luck!

The example has a few examples of reviews to use as an example if you or your company has been attacked online by former employees. To gain some further details and real-world advice on improving your reputation, please visit Blitz Inc Reviews.

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