Biznology

OCTOBER 8, 2013

These fake grass roots campaigns, called astroturfing, caught on about ten years ago and still haven’t died out. . All this was brought to mind when I recently did some dog food research for a client and it occurred to me that quite a few of the comments are astroturf. Well, from 2003-2006 I was in the astroturfing business.

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Social Media Astroturfing Practices Media 80

Biznology

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

And since Google is once bitten, twice shy over all of the times Google’s been hurt before by all those one-night stands with spammers, astroturfers, phishers, and the like, Google is looking more and more for a nice guy, a girl next door. Own your online reputation with help from your friends (socialmedia.biz). See what I mean?

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Astroturfing Merchandising Google Intent 80

Biznology

DECEMBER 19, 2017

I haven’t at all since I left NMS in 2006 and I don’t even know if NMS continued doing it themselves since there was a lot of heat from the FTC and organizations like WOMMA, PRSA, and the lot to not astroturf or misrepresent oneself. If there was even a hint of “ Witch!

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Astroturfing Paid Search Agency Communities Internet Marketing 99