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What evidence do you have that Microsoft are Astroturfing reviews more than their competitors (or that they are astroturfing at all)?
by rednukleus 14y ago
What evidence do you have that Microsoft are Astroturfing reviews more than their competitors (or that they are astroturfing at all)?
- AnthonyMouse 14y agoAre you seriously asking? This is just the first page of Google results: http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/D0BC712B-7DBA-46CA-AA44-19376E64FBA6.html http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/D0BC712B-7DBA-46CA-AA... http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/26/the-ethics-of-astro-turfing-sleazy-or-smart-business/ http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/26/the-ethics-of-astro-turfin... http://falkvinge.net/2012/03/02/how-microsoft-pays-big-money-to-smear-google-audaciously/ http://falkvinge.net/2012/03/02/how-microsoft-pays-big-money... http://paidcontent.org/2011/11/15/419-the-story-behind-shopcity-and-its-antitrust-complaint-against-google/ http://paidcontent.org/2011/11/15/419-the-story-behind-shopc... http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010823&slug=microlob23 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=200... http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/edcurry/astroturf.html http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/edcurry/astroturf.html They started in the 90's and haven't stopped. I'm not aware of any of their competitors doing the same thing, though feel free to point out any instances you know of. Particularly the ones without the market success to back it up (e.g. RIM).