RIP x5
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- Feb 12, 2018
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Since last year, it is illegal to sell review services, so this caught up with the marketplace, and they did a sweep.Oh shit. What's going behind the scene?
Is there a new update? New leadership or something?
Sorry for your loss
The purge is still ongoing as there are many threads to be closed, hundreds, I think.
- Mar 10, 2010
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BlackHat World® is banning all fake or undisclosed incentivised review services—including Trustpilot, Amazon, Google, and similar “fake review” offerings—due to updated legal requirements. All such Marketplace listings, ads, and promos are being removed.Oh shit. What's going behind the scene?
Is there a new update? New leadership or something?
Sorry for your loss
Genuine reputation‑building services (ORM, real‑customer outreach, review management tools) are still allowed as long as they are transparent and not misleading. For the full post please visit https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/change-log-behind-the-scenes-at-bhw.1268318/page-7#post-20394043.
- Dec 16, 2020
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That's correct. It's a huge list and we're actively working on it
IamNRE
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- Aug 18, 2010
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Damn, were you guys not warned at least like 90 days before hand - if you weren't I guess its coz some big law firm approached them and forced their hand last miniute.
Sorry guys. But that's life, you gotta re-group and re-build. You can do it.
- Feb 12, 2018
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I've come to terms with it, a bit more than I'd like, but it is what it is.
Situations like this remind you how comfortable you’ve become over the years, when clients were coming to you and you didn’t need to do anything on your end.
- Jan 27, 2018
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Yes, and we have to come out from your comfort zone to start new things.
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I'm curious does BHW refund the sellers for the threads ?
Setox
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Sorry for that OP, I assume you built an email list? you can keep doing your business through a website.
Wish you luck.
Wish you luck.
I guess it has to do with a new law in UK or something.
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As outlined in the changelog thread here
Any sellers affected receive a DM that's pushed to Support so that each case can be reviewed.
- Jul 3, 2016
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Those are very generous things in the changelog from @Diamond Damien the poor guy is taking the worst hit out of everyone, working hard to keep us happy and safe. I am not affected, but I will purchase a premium subscription here to help take the burden off his shoulders by a tiny bit.
Good job to all staff and members working through this together!
Edit: Sorry to stray off topic on this thread, I actually thought I was on the announcement thread.
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- Jul 26, 2018
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All BHW richies are on same boat
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It was a nice ride. Lots of learning, meet interesting people. Saw a lot of things and niches that I couldn't've seen in my old boring businesses
- May 6, 2020
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That sucks since I know you were one of sellers making money here and bhw traffic worked really well for you. Idk about UK but there is a law like this in Poland. Earlier they actually fined fake reviews sellers so now these people don't have the money AND the business :/. So it's not that bad... I mean, loosing main traffic source is serious problem. But you keep the money, I remember you still have your regular clients as well, no? So you'll either get your own traffic or like others suggested try posting a slightly different service here and you're good to go. Sucks, but you got it. Good luck.
brothatsfire
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Yeah, it really doesn't sound that scary, hope everything works out for the guys.
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basically, for most of us, currently everyone is stuck with their existing clients and clients stuck with their existing sellers.
We are all stuck in our own little solar system for now! Make the best of it.
We are all stuck in our own little solar system for now! Make the best of it.