astroturfing

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astroturfing

Generating public excitement in a subject by posting anonymous comments to blogs, wikis and other public venues. Astroturfing looks like spontaneous comments from different people but is really an orchestrated campaign by an organization or public relations firm. The term comes from AstroTurf, which is a renowned "fake" lawn made to look like real grass. See meat puppet.

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No references found			A bigger problem than astroturfing, according to those who follow this, is honest reviews written by actual customers that just aren't useful. Readers can be part of solution in making user reviews useful by Goldsborough, Reid / Community College Week The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2007 lists 31 banned commercial practices, including astroturfing. From LOL to ROI: dismiss them at your peril--virtual worlds, social ... by Orton-Jones, Charles / Financial Management (UK) Borkowski says the stars can adjust to this seismic shift, if they take up the weapons of the new age - blogging, astroturfing (a PR campaign seeking to fake grassroots enthusiasm), communicating their persona at eye level. Up above the world so high by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			astronomical triangle astronomical twilight astronomical unit astronomical year Astronomical Yearbooks Astronomical-Gravimetric Leveling Astronomicheskii Ezhegodnik SSSR Astronomicheskii Kalendar Astronomicheskii Tsirkuliar Astronomicheskii Vestnik Astronomicheskii Zhurnal Astronomiia Astronomy Astropectinidae astrophobia Astrophotography astrophyllite Astrophysical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh Astrophysics Astrophysics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Tadzhik Astropolarimetry astropyle astrosclereid astrosphere astrotracker astroturfing Astruc of Lunel Asturian Culture Asturian orogeny Asturias Asturias, Miguel Angel Asturias, Miguel Ángel asty Astyages Astyanax astylar Astyrev, Nikolai Astyrev, Nikolai Mikhailovich Asubulak Asukata Ichio asulcal Asuncion Asunción Asva Asvaghosa asvamedha Asvins Aswan Aswan Dams Aswan High Dam asylum			Astropophobia Astropophobia Astroprojection Astropulse astropyle Astrorivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero Astros Astroscience Astroscience Astrosciences Astrosciences astrosclereid Astroscope Astroscopy Astrosmash Astrosociobiology astrosphere astrosphere astrosphere Astrotheology astrotourist Astrotracker AstroTurf AstroTurf Astroturf campaign Astroturf group Astroturf Lobbying Astroturf PR Astroturf12 Astroturfer astroturfing Astrovirus ASTRS Astruc de Porta Astruc of Lunel Astructive Astrut ASTS ASTS ASTS ASTS ASTSA ASTSECNAV ASTSN ASTSS ASTSU ASTSWMO ASTT ASTTA ASTTBBF ASTTBC ASTTI ASTTL ASTTP ASTTS ASTU Astucious Astucity

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