Amazon removed a Customer Review from one of my books before I had a chance to see it. No. Despite Amazon's best efforts, Amazon sellers have found all kinds of ways to "game the system" to artificially inflate their products' ratings (and also to artificially lower their competitors' ratings). You can read about some of the most common techniques in our blog. There were no reviewers purged today. Some Amazon reviews appear to have been switched from where they were originally intended to be, causing reviews to appear on the wrong pages. Writing thousands of reviews that customers don't find helpful won't move a reviewer up in the standings. If there’s a high storm score, all you need to do is to wait a bit. In a few days, all the rankings were back to normal again. The mix-up could be due to certain Amazon … Dedicated reviewers who like reviewing and have built up a long track record can be rewarded in unexpected ways. As of now, reviewers with 0 reviews are considered to be purged. Amazon looks at the number of verified reviews, new reviews (less than a month old) and reviews that have been upvoted as factors towards ranking. This week, I received two different blouses that normally retail for $20 each, a vegan face lotion ($26), a tooth whitening kit ($45) and a set of baby bibs ($20). Since June 2015, the algorithm has given “more weight to newer reviews, reviews from verified Amazon purchasers and those that more customers vote up as being helpful. This way, as new customers share their experiences with Amazon's ever-widening selection of products, they'll have a chance to be recognized as top reviewers. You can get jobs reviewing for the professional review associations and sites. I got the job because I already enjoyed writing reviews, and received enough “helpful” votes from people to rise in Amazon’s reviewer ranking. Unfortunately, though, many of the Amazon reviews cannot be trusted. Below is a list of reviewers in the Top 10,000 who were previously purged but seem to have been reinstated today: There seems to be 0 reviewers that were reinstated today. Can I see the review that was removed? Despite Amazon's moves to prevent people gaming its review system, there's been a massive up-tick in the number of fraudulent reviews on the site, according to a recent study. A review by someone perceived to have a close personal relationship with the product's owner, author, or artist. Multiple negative reviews for the same product from one customer. The graph shows a sharp drop and rise that occurred in most of the positions. Once a review is removed, we can't display it. Seriously heavy-duty reviewers get rewarded. A review by the product manufacturer, posing as an unbiased shopper. A review of a game in exchange for bonus in-game credits. is almost certainly among the most prolific. This is why sellers need us: writing genuine and helpful reviews is difficult. After over a year of slowly improving my reviewer ranking to one of the top 10,000 spots, I now receive hundreds of dollars of free and deeply discounted products each month. The more recently a review is written, the greater its impact on rank. Occasionally Amazon purges accounts which then later get reinstated. The only time the text of a Customer Review is removed is when it violates the Customer Review Guidelines. You can elevate yourself into Amazon’s Top 1,000 or Top 500 reviewers list. This example tells us that whenever you witness a significant drop in your search rankings, you should start with analyzing the whole SERP. 7. Over the years, she has passed in and out of Amazon’s overall Top 100 reviewer rankings… My motivation for becoming a “professional product reviewer” is not financial. Amazon is the latest tech firm to abandon the stack-ranking system which forces managers to grade teams on a curve that rewards a few and presses others to leave. There are thousands of Vine Voices, but K.T. A review in exchange for monetary reward.