Belkin apologizes for fake reviewers ads

Arlen Parsa, writer for The Daily Background, gave Belkin a big ol’ PR black-eye on Friday. She discovered a job ad on Mechanical Turk looking for people to register on review websites to give a Belkin router “100% rating (as high as possible).” Parsa did a little digging and found that the person who placed the ad was likely a business development rep at Belkin. Oops.