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Spam Rank: The Google-Backed Research Fighting Fake Reviews [Spam]

Spam Rank: The Google-Backed Research Fighting Fake Reviews [Spam]


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Fake online reviews are a pain in the ass: they make interent shopping harder than it already is. But thankfully there are people out there who are developing ways of spotting and blocking rogue five-star reviews, and a new algorithm backed by Google seems to be the most effective yet.More Read More ...

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