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Belkin rep hiring folks to write fake reviews on Amazon?
engadget.com - 1/19/2009
Belkin rep hiring folks to write fake reviews on Amazon?
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Back in our day, if you weren't busy walking up uphill both ways, you'd write your own dang fake reviews on Amazon, but apparently Belkin 's Michael Bayard -- or a clever impostor looking to smear the man's good name -- decided it'd be easier and totally non-obvious to hire people on ...

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Exclusive: Belkin’s Development Rep is Hiring People to Write Fake Positive Amazon Reviews
thedailybackground.com - 1/18/2009
Exclusive: Belkin’s Development Rep is Hiring People to Write Fake Positive Amazon Reviews
— thedailybackground.com — Update: Belkin’s president responds to The Daily Background’s report here . ( Update: Welcome to Slashdot, Digg, Engadget, Gizmodo readers! The latest is, I’ve heard from Belkin’s public relations department and I am expecting a formal comment to come ... (more) Exclusive: Belkin’s Development Rep is Hiring ...

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Belkin pleads for mercy over paid Amazon reviews deception
engadget.com - 1/19/2009
Belkin pleads for mercy over paid Amazon reviews deception
— engadget.com — Remember how Michael Bayard, a Belkin Business Development representative, was apparently hiring people from Mechanical Turk to post glowing reviews of Belkin products on Amazon and elsewhere? Well, we just received an apologetic letter tucked ... (more) Belkin pleads for mercy over paid Amazon reviews deception

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go.theregister.com - 1/19/2009
Ruby, COBOL jump on Amazon cloud
— go.theregister.com — Or were they pushed? Two different companies this week announced that they have created tools that allow for software written using two different application development environments - the relatively new Ruby on Rails and the relatively ancient ... (more) Ruby, COBOL jump on Amazon cloud

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Belkin pleads for mercy over paid Amazon reviews deception
Engadget — ... Remember how Michael Bayard, a Belkin Business Development representative, was apparently hiring people from Mechanical Turk to post glowing reviews of Belkin products on Amazon and elsewhere? Well, we just received an apologetic letter tucked firmly between the quaking legs of Mark Reynoso, President of Belkin -- a man clearly fearful of a ...

Belkin caught asking people to write fake reviews
DV Hardware — Last weekend Engadget spotted Belkin Business Development Representative Michael Bayard was hiring people on Mechanical Turk to write fake reviews of their products on Amazon: ...

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