MY FIRST POST
Upon being exposed to a site in Comm 296, marketing, during my group assignment for that class, i stumbled upon what seemed to be a phony site that bashed DOVE to a very extravagant extent. It pretty much says that DOVE body wash products cause cancer, which is a very bold statement when you think about it! My group members mentioned among all our comments about the site that it could possibly be a competitors doing, makes you wonder whether competitors would go to such bounds to create negative advertisement to its consumers, i mean the only reason i found this article was because it was on the FIRST link of the search “Dove + toxic”. So it is information thats going to be viewed by customers seeking to know whether or not the product is harmful to them. The site goes on further and says that the products is cancer proven, has a cancer link, has reproductive toxins, uses untested chemicals (which seems VERY unlikely), and goes in to more depth further in the site which is why i decided that the site was bogus, such a danger extent in a product would never be publicized, but the doubt is what could get the consumers that aren’t conscious of what they read on the internet! Another reason why the site seems to be fake is because it has NO certification of its data whatsoever, and such research should usually be scholarly and this site shows no signs whatsoever, and again, consumers who don’t see past those observations can get dissuaded, so i found it very unethical of the site creators.
site url: http://www.natural-skincare-authority.com/dove-body-wash.html
p.s. this is my first time blogging and i find it very tedious! not in a homework sort of sense but in a practical sort of sense, seems like an overdose of social networking involved!