Sitejabber

Very helpful article. Well written. Easy to understand and examples to illustrate the point

I don't work for sitejabber.com fyi

This is another site that uses clever and not-so-clever techniques of deceiving suckers like me for their own benefit. People go to this site to find out the results of other peoples experience when using a site that they are considering. What better way than to hear it from someone who's actually experienced it?
How many realize that's not what you get at all. It's not true. It's a calculated use of misinformation with many layers of payoffs for this site at the user's expense.
This business uses a federal grant to fund this site which they represent as one that can be used to publicly review good sites and to report fraud, scams and complaints. They pay writers to create fake reviews to benefit businesses that pay them for that service. They will gladly pay the fine for violation(New York fined 19 companies $350,000 according to their disclaimer).
This sounds like a fraud, a scam, a conflict of interest, and is unethical, should be illegal, against SiteJabber's terms and warrants complaints to the FBI & FTC.
Then, they have the audacity to put this disclaimer on the bottom of the page:
"SiteJabber can be used to publicly review good online businesses, as well as report website fraud, scams and complaints. Online business fraud, scams & complaints can also be reported to the FBI & FTC. Reviews containing spam, promotion, or conflicts of interest are not tolerated and will be deleted immediately. Writing or paying for fake reviews is unethical, against SiteJabbers terms and is illegal in many jurisdictions. New Yorks Attorney General recently fined 19 companies $350,000 for violations associated with fake reviews."

The idea of an online review site for other websites is a great concept, but the Sitejabber website itself needs some work.

I am registered on the site and have posted a few reviews from time to time. Today I came here as a result of having Googled looking for reviews about an online merchant website. Sitejabber had several well-written reviews from customers who had experience with the website. So far so good, but...

After reading a good review, I clicked on the "Was this review helpful? [yes]" to cast a helpful vote for that review. I was surprised to get an error message telling me I had already voted on that review (I know that I had not already voted on it because this was the first time I looked at any reviews for the site it was about). OK, I thought "Hmmm, that's odd" and continued reading.

Next helpful review, I try to submit a "helpful" vote and again I get the same error message even though I KNOW that I have not voted on that review before.

Then I noticed that I was not logged in and I thought that might be the problem because Sitejabber couldn't tell who I was. So I logged in. Now Sitejabber shows my username at the top of the screen.

OK, I go back to the reviews for the site I was interested in, planning to place "helpful" votes for a few reviews -- BUT NO -- because now there isn't any place to vote on any of the reviews. There is a score showing how many votes each review already had, BUT NO PLACE TO ENTER A VOTE.

I have only used them a bit but i can see they contain a lot of useful information to source out bad sites.

Hi SiteJabber,, You Guys are SUPER GREAT. Finally we have a site that Cares about the Everyday Person that works 40 or more hours a week & get a paycheck every week, then after a hard days work you just want to go home & relax & just go on the net & chat with some people or buy something that is a lot cheaper then at the store. Then you go online & you start looking at stuff & WOWWWW,, that's a Good Deal,, but then you Sign into the site,, give them your Credit Card Number,, Once ((( these multi-million dollar companies per year that hire third world countries that make $10 - $15 - 20 a day))),, THEY Got You Card Number,((( I could Hear them saying,, YOU SUCKER, WE GOT YOU NOW))), The everyday person thinks there getting a Deal <>THEY FORGET TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE 40 HIDDEN FEE THAT INVOLVE THE PURCHASE, But Will We Ever Get Our Money Back, It Like Driving Down The Road & Throwing Your Money Out the Window <<>> I Would Just Like To Really THANK-YOU For Taking The Time & Reading My opinion. Thank-You Very Much, Keep Up The GREAT Work.<> P.S. The Saying That I Have Heard All My Life, I Never Really Thought About It Till Now <> The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer... <<>> Fred W, Ontario, Canada