Yelp Outing Businesses that Solicit Reviews

Post by icelancer » Fri, Oct 19, 2012, 4:02 AM UTC

andrewljohnson wrote: post #18

3minus1 wrote: post #3

I don't trust Yelp. https://www.google.com/search?q=yelp+extortion&aq=0&...

I imagine you don't trust any major review company then. The BBB must be a bunch of scumbags too, if your metric is what a google search looks like when attaching the word extortion to their name: https://www.google.com/search?q=bbb+extortion And Obama is a liar: https://www.google.com/search?q=obama+liar And Romney too: https://www.google.com/search?q=romney+liar Search engines give you what you search for.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 19, 2012, 4:56 AM UTC

arohner wrote: post #19

andrewljohnson wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you substantiate that claim? I did a few Google searches, and I find your remarks to be, well... just wrong. As far as I can tell, there was a class action lawsuit against Yelp, which was dismissed, and a couple of other lawsuits from single business owners. I would imagine that any company the size of Yelp is going to get sued a few times, and I imagine a lot, if not all of those, are just bad small businesses…

jwz now owns a nightclub. Here's his experience: http://www.jwz.org/blog/2009/02/yelp-shakedown/

Post by kami8845 » Fri, Oct 19, 2012, 6:23 PM UTC

andrewljohnson wrote: post #16

dchuk wrote: post #5

A company that is constantly being sued for extorting businesses into subscribing so that those businesses can suppress bad reviews is now calling out businesses who purchase good reviews. Yelp is just a shitty company.

Could you substantiate that claim? I did a few Google searches, and I find your remarks to be, well... just wrong. As far as I can tell, there was a class action lawsuit against Yelp, which was dismissed, and a couple of other lawsuits from single business owners. I would imagine that any company the size of Yelp is going to get sued a few times, and I imagine a lot, if not all of those, are just bad small businesses…