{"id":83809,"date":"2018-10-26T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T20:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=83809"},"modified":"2018-11-07T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T00:17:07","slug":"how-to-spot-fake-online-product-reviews-intego-mac-podcast-episode-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/how-to-spot-fake-online-product-reviews-intego-mac-podcast-episode-54\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Spot Fake Online Product Reviews  &#8211; Intego Mac Podcast, Episode 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode.png\" alt=\"New Intego Mac Podcast Episode\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode.png 600w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/New-Intego-Mac-Podcast-Episode-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Intego Mac Podcast <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.intego.com\/54\" target=\"_blank\">episode 54<\/a> is now available!<\/p>\n<p>The holiday shopping season is here, and we all look at online product reviews, right? But many of them are fake. How can you tell which are reliable? 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