I know some mobile app companies will have a few of their own people write reviews. But if someone from the Yahoo Axis team really sent out a mass company-wide email asking for fake reviews like this, someone is bound to cry foul (and forward the email to ATD).
They don't have to ask for fake reviews. They just have to say "Hey our cool new app dropped into AppStore today. Check it out and review it if you like it." Yahooers might genuinely like it and give it a high score.
No, I did not mean it in that way at all. If I was of a mid to senior level executive or developer at Yahoo, I would definitely rate this Axis up, just because of loyalty towards the company, if nothing else. I would also urge (but definitely not force) my team members to try it, and chances are they would feel the same way.
All that put together would add up to a lot of votes, wouldn't it?
It doesn't help that the Axis review page on the app store is the only Google hit for "Garrettt92"[0], especially considering that was one of the first reviews of the app. I'm not sure why an "early adopter" would have such a scant web presence. I would try Axis before writing the review off as fake, but unfortunately "Yahoo! Axis is not available for your operating system".
Ever considered others might have had a different experience? I took it for a spin (iPad2) and it seems pretty nice actually - and yes, it did not crash. I don't see it as a replacement for Safari, but it looks perfect for leisure browsing.
In my experience, the onboarding experience sucked and it crashed every time I used it until I installed it.
"Very cool!! Tons of features. Very fluid. Definitely a step in the right direction by Yahoo!"
Sounds like someone from PR wrote that.