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In addition to obvious flaws others noted, these tools fails to catch a certain type of reviews manipulation: Try: https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FTFFY24 ht

In addition to obvious flaws others noted, these tools fails to catch a certain type of reviews manipulation: Try: https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FTFFY24 https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FTFFY24 https://www.fakespot.com/product/28pcs-wood-burning-kit-creative-woodburner-set-with-adjustable-temperature-soldering-pyrography-woodburning-pen-embossing-carving-soldering-tips https://www.fakespot.com/product/28pcs-wood-burning-kit-crea... While fakespot gave D, it gave it for other reasons. What really happened there - seller completely replaced product on that page with another one. Read existing reviews to understand what is going on. One more example - https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FSW8VMQ https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FSW8VMQ - just read reviews to see how ridiculous it gets. Not all of them are easy to detect. This seller added soldering iron as a variation to a wood burning unit - https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07D9H5H9Y https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07D9H5H9Y - even by reading reviews you can't easily figure out fakeness of it. (https://www.fakespot.com/product/vastar-wood-burning-kit-44pcs-soldering-pyrography-woodburning-pen-temperature-adjustable-with-embossing-carving-soldering-tips-7-stencils-2-pencils-stand-and-sharpener-blue https://www.fakespot.com/product/vastar-wood-burning-kit-44p... Fakespot gave A) This type of blackhat stuff happens right now right and left. It is even cheaper/quicker/easier than paying reviewers for reviews now.

ReviewMeta 8y ago
Just wanted to chime in about this issue. We call it "Review Hijacking" and we've been seeing it more and more. We're actually starting to keep a history of any product title changes and also show you the different product variations that are being reviewed. On your second example, (https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FSW8VMQ https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FSW8VMQ), you can click the link under the picture that says "See 3 product variations" and it will show you exactly the breakdown of reviews that come from a log carrier bag and a nut milk bag... The first example is a little trickier since the first time we analyzed the product, the title had already been changed. (You can click on the "Title History" link for any product). We're working on being able to detect when these changes/variations are normal or being used to deceive shoppers. It's extremely easy for a human to immediately tell, but much harder to train a computer to do it. For example, a seller might have a t-shirt with different product variations: "Large Blue", "Medium Green". These are very different words, but obviously a legit reason to have a bunch of variations. Here's more info about Review Hijacking: https://reviewmeta.com/blog/amazon-review-hijacking/ https://reviewmeta.com/blog/amazon-review-hijacking/ and here's an article that BuzzFeed News recently did: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/amazon-review-reuse-fraud https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/amazon-rev...

ReviewMeta 8y ago

Just wanted to chime in about this issue. We call it "Review Hijacking" and we've been seeing it more and more. We're actually starting to keep a history of any product title changes and also show you the different product variations that are being reviewed. On your second example, (https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FSW8VMQ https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07FSW8VMQ), you can click the link under the picture that says "See 3 product variations" and it will show you exactly the breakdown of reviews that come from a log carrier bag and a nut milk bag... The first example is a little trickier since the first time we analyzed the product, the title had already been changed. (You can click on the "Title History" link for any product). We're working on being able to detect when these changes/variations are normal or being used to deceive shoppers. It's extremely easy for a human to immediately tell, but much harder to train a computer to do it. For example, a seller might have a t-shirt with different product variations: "Large Blue", "Medium Green". These are very different words, but obviously a legit reason to have a bunch of variations. Here's more info about Review Hijacking: https://reviewmeta.com/blog/amazon-review-hijacking/ https://reviewmeta.com/blog/amazon-review-hijacking/ and here's an article that BuzzFeed News recently did: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/amazon-review-reuse-fraud https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/amazon-rev...