Business cancels Yelp advertising contract, negative reviews start pouring in

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Post by swalsh » Mon, May 01, 2017, 12:35 PM UTC

Business cancels Yelp advertising contract, negative reviews start pouring in
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Post by 11thEarlOfMar » Mon, May 01, 2017, 1:28 PM UTC

This happened about 2 years ago? I'm curious if the legal scrutiny that happened about this time changed anything.

Example:

http://nypost.com/2014/10/13/restaurant-fights-yelps-alleged...

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Post by timlyo » Mon, May 01, 2017, 1:45 PM UTC

A link posted in that thread looks pretty interesting. Automated phone bots as a service.

http://www.jollyrogertelco.com/

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Post by HappyTypist » Mon, May 01, 2017, 2:07 PM UTC

I have a friend who left Yelp after 2 months. Told me that he'd get aggressive legal action if he revealed "how Yelp really makes money".

Re: Business cancels Yelp advertising contract, negative reviews start pouring in

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Post by swalsh » Mon, May 01, 2017, 2:11 PM UTC

HappyTypist wrote: post #4

I have a friend who left Yelp after 2 months. Told me that he'd get aggressive legal action if he revealed "how Yelp really makes money".

Would whistle blowing laws apply to private companies?

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Post by goseeastarwar » Mon, May 01, 2017, 2:12 PM UTC

swalsh wrote: post #5

HappyTypist wrote: post #4

I have a friend who left Yelp after 2 months. Told me that he'd get aggressive legal action if he revealed "how Yelp really makes money".

Would whistle blowing laws apply to private companies?

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:YELP

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Post by educar » Mon, May 01, 2017, 2:14 PM UTC

TIL that you cannot unlist your business from Yelp.

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Post by swalsh » Mon, May 01, 2017, 2:16 PM UTC

goseeastarwar wrote: post #6

swalsh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would whistle blowing laws apply to private companies?

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:YELP

Interesting, looking more into it... there seems to be an expansion of SOX to protect employees. Seems to have been created post Enron.

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Post by timr » Mon, May 01, 2017, 2:23 PM UTC

HappyTypist wrote: post #4

I have a friend who left Yelp after 2 months. Told me that he'd get aggressive legal action if he revealed "how Yelp really makes money".

I worked there for years. Your "friend" is wrong. The way they make money is rather transparently described in their quarterly filings with the SEC. Since they're a public company.

Actually, I'm not sure what your "friend" is accusing them of doing, so it's a hard claim to rebut. It's embarrassing that a vague hearsay accusation (of...what, exactly?) is considered worthy of attention here.

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Post by swsieber » Mon, May 01, 2017, 2:26 PM UTC

It'd be interesting to figure out how Yelp generates the negative reviews. I'd love to see somebody setup a "honeypot" business - fake, doesn't exist in real life (well, physically/location wise)... and then sign up with Yelp and then cancel. Do that with a good 10-100 fake businesses, and could you drum up a case against Yelp?