How Ben Faw, co-founder of BestReviews and Advon, allegedly led a scheme to add affiliate links to product reviews that benefited companies Faw had a role in (Mia Sato/The Verge) Main LinkMediagazer Permalink
oh god it ties back to that bestreviews shit that the trib pushed
NEW: Remember when Sports Illustrated + Gannett published what looked to be very bad AI articles? I wanted to know how this all happened. Turns out the person responsible has been pushing garbage out on the internet for years. I tried to unravel the weird backstory: www.theverge.com/24195879/adv...
One man has left a trail of chaos and affiliate links all across the media.
Hey everyone! 🌐✨ There are so many goods and services out there that we all depend on online reviews to help us choose. What about figuring out which review sites are reliable? 🤏 #ConsumerTips#OnlineReviews#BestReviews#customerexperience#localdirectoryrank#bbbrating
I always hated finding all the BestReviews crap clogging up product review searches, and I'm not surprised to see that crap linked to this too.
Great story. It just keeps getting worse the more you read. And I always knew BestReviews was the worst review site out there, but now I know why.