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Travel 12/9/19
How to Spot Fake TripAdvisor Reviews
Josh Ocampo
In a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Fakespot, a website that helps track fake reviews, estimated that…
How to Write Genuinely Useful Reviews Online
Alan Henry
In the days before the internet, our options for reading reviews of a restaurant, product or business were pretty…
The Short Answer 6/18/19
Why You Can't Always Trust Amazon's Choices
Ever see a product labeled "Amazon's Choice" while online shopping? Turns out, that badge might not mean much at…
Tiny Hacks 3/27/19
Easily Compare Products on Google by Searching the Item and 'Vs.'
Alicia Adamczyk
I have a few go-to sites when I'm looking for information on products I'm interested in buying, like the Wirecutter,…
Tiny Hacks 11/30/18
Write a Positive Review Instead of a Negative Review
If you've had a poor experience with something—say a restaurant, book or salon visit—take a minute before leaving a…
Find the Best Amazon Products With Best Best List
Nick Douglas
Amazon is complicated. Search for a good hand soap and you spend a half hour comparison shopping, parsing star…
How to Spot a Fake Five-Star Amazon Review
Over half of Amazon sales come from third-party items. But the reviews on those items are not trustworthy. Following…
You Can't Trust Negative Online Reviews
Recently while researching a vacation package I was considering booking, I noticed that while all of the customer…
Here's Why Amazon Can't Fix Review Spam
As we've noted many times, Amazon is cluttered with fake reviews, and it takes work (and sometimes AI) to sift…
App Directory 3/14/18
Turn Your MacBook Into an Alarm Clock With Wakefy
If you rely on a few different alarms to get up in the morning–smart lights that blast on at a certain time, a smart…
When Rating Something Great, Give It the Maximum Number of Stars
Jaime Green
"This Uber/Airbnb/restaurant was really great," you think to yourself, as you sit down to write a review. You type…
One-Star Ratings Are the Worst, Says Science
One-star reviews, in addition to being the least helpful kind of review, are also the longest and the worst-spelled.…
This Tool Lets You Examine Tons of Amazon Product Reviews at Once
Patrick Allan
Thinking of spending a pretty penny on that shiny new gadget? Well, you might want to take a look at some Amazon…
What to Buy (and What to Skip) at Trader Joe's This Thanksgiving
Claire Lower
I am, as has been well documented, a pretty big fan of the slightly twee grocery store known as Trader Joe's. I love…
I Tried ALDI's $60 Stand Mixer, And It's Pretty Good
A.A. Newton
Everyone's favorite budget-friendly grocery store is at it again. Beginning October 18th, you can buy a six-speed…
How to Turn Off App Ratings Requests in iOS 11
Patrick Lucas Austin
iOS: When you're a few hours into your favorite tower defense game, an unwarranted pop-up can break your…
Don't Judge a Product by the Number of Reviews It Has
Emily Price
Sifting between the well-priced gems and the scammy junk can be a difficult task on Amazon, so it's no wonder that…
The Benefits of Writing Your Own Weekly, Monthly, and Annual Reviews
Belle B. Cooper
There's something quite special that happens when we reflect on what we've done. Well, two things, actually. One is…
Amazon Ditches Its Controversial Incentivized Review Program
Eric Ravenscraft
Until recently, Amazon's review system allowed for a deceptively biased loophole: users could receive free products…
Why Amazon's "Incentivized" Reviews Are Biased, Even If They Claim They Aren't
Amazon only allows merchants to give free samples of products to users if they disclose this fact in their review.…