Comments on: How CityPages’ Ad Department is Gaming Their Restaurant Reviews http://www.thedeets.com/2009/02/17/how-citypages-ad-department-is-gaming-their-restaurant-reviews/ Consistently against torture. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed Kohler http://www.thedeets.com/2009/02/17/how-citypages-ad-department-is-gaming-their-restaurant-reviews/#comment-8871 Ed Kohler Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:13:43 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3005#comment-8871 Bob, thanks for sharing. Here's my tin foil hat talking: venues with the most reviews are the ones that get the most exposure on the site. Purely coincidental that they also happen to be the places that the ad team has reviewed in unique ways from mailing it to plagiarism. Lorum Ipsum is enough to create additional ad impressions for businesses. Bob, thanks for sharing. Here’s my tin foil hat talking: venues with the most reviews are the ones that get the most exposure on the site. Purely coincidental that they also happen to be the places that the ad team has reviewed in unique ways from mailing it to plagiarism. Lorum Ipsum is enough to create additional ad impressions for businesses.

]]> By: Bob T http://www.thedeets.com/2009/02/17/how-citypages-ad-department-is-gaming-their-restaurant-reviews/#comment-8869 Bob T Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:38:28 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3005#comment-8869 Yeah... I am sure that the Loring Pasta Bar and Bulldog are going to really up their ad spending based on those rave reviews (rolls eyes). Did you ever consider that as a roll out of a new service they showed it to the advertising section and that they let them log in and try it out from a users perspective? You know, so they could sell the service? I roll out pages with test content on them as well - Lorum Ipsum on one of my sites neither makes me a Latin writer, lawyer nor contractee. Those 'reviews' aren't going to earn them a red cent. You even state that the number of users is sparse. Guess what? The signal to noise ratio is high. Also seeing as Maggie42's page has her picture on it finding out who she is was very difficult I am sure, she sure is trying to dupe people. I figure then you either have an axe to grind, a competing interest , or are a tin foil hat maker in your spare time. It really appears you might have all three going for you. Oh, and full disclosure I don't read it, don't work for them or anything even remotely related, and I only got here through an odd link. Yeah… I am sure that the Loring Pasta Bar and Bulldog are going to really up their ad spending based on those rave reviews (rolls eyes). Did you ever consider that as a roll out of a new service they showed it to the advertising section and that they let them log in and try it out from a users perspective? You know, so they could sell the service? I roll out pages with test content on them as well – Lorum Ipsum on one of my sites neither makes me a Latin writer, lawyer nor contractee. Those ‘reviews’ aren’t going to earn them a red cent. You even state that the number of users is sparse. Guess what? The signal to noise ratio is high. Also seeing as Maggie42′s page has her picture on it finding out who she is was very difficult I am sure, she sure is trying to dupe people. I figure then you either have an axe to grind, a competing interest , or are a tin foil hat maker in your spare time. It really appears you might have all three going for you. Oh, and full disclosure I don’t read it, don’t work for them or anything even remotely related, and I only got here through an odd link.

]]> By: The Freets http://www.thedeets.com/2009/02/17/how-citypages-ad-department-is-gaming-their-restaurant-reviews/#comment-8865 The Freets Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:40:02 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3005#comment-8865 @Matt - That is a hilariously good idea. Ed, you write the piece and I'll supply the racy photos of you driving a large SUV. Yes, that's right folks - I've witnessed Ed driving a large SUV and I have (or once had if I can find it) photographic proof! More news at 11. Although, it'd be pretty crappy of me to post that photo considering it was taken on the day he helped me paint my dining room ceiling. Now I'm conflicted. Damn you Ed Kohler! The ceiling turned out well, by the way. Great, now I'm just rambling and off-topic. Damn you CityPages and your phony/horked restaurant reviews! @Matt – That is a hilariously good idea. Ed, you write the piece and I’ll supply the racy photos of you driving a large SUV. Yes, that’s right folks – I’ve witnessed Ed driving a large SUV and I have (or once had if I can find it) photographic proof! More news at 11.

Although, it’d be pretty crappy of me to post that photo considering it was taken on the day he helped me paint my dining room ceiling. Now I’m conflicted. Damn you Ed Kohler! The ceiling turned out well, by the way. Great, now I’m just rambling and off-topic. Damn you CityPages and your phony/horked restaurant reviews!

]]> By: Q Wizz http://www.thedeets.com/2009/02/17/how-citypages-ad-department-is-gaming-their-restaurant-reviews/#comment-8861 Q Wizz Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:08:50 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3005#comment-8861 To paraphrase Zoolander, that's some good "investigatory journalism. You seek to truth at all costs, no matter how many people you leave dead and bloodied along the way". Haha. Looking forward to a City Pages response; how do they explain this? Way to preserve journalistic integrity. To paraphrase Zoolander, that’s some good “investigatory journalism. You seek to truth at all costs, no matter how many people you leave dead and bloodied along the way”. Haha. Looking forward to a City Pages response; how do they explain this? Way to preserve journalistic integrity.

]]> By: CityPages Crawls Even Deeper Into Bed with Advertisers on LikeMe.net | The Deets http://www.thedeets.com/2009/02/17/how-citypages-ad-department-is-gaming-their-restaurant-reviews/#comment-8860 CityPages Crawls Even Deeper Into Bed with Advertisers on LikeMe.net | The Deets Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:01:51 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3005#comment-8860 [...] As I mentioned on Tuesday, CityPages Sales Operations Manager, (EmilyN), Emily Neumann actually copy/paste plagiarized one of the paragraphs of her fake review directly from JD Hoyt’s website. [...] [...] As I mentioned on Tuesday, CityPages Sales Operations Manager, (EmilyN), Emily Neumann actually copy/paste plagiarized one of the paragraphs of her fake review directly from JD Hoyt’s website. [...]

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