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How Yelp Protects Consumers From Fake Reviews

Luther Lowe | Posted 05.15.2013 | Media
Luther Lowe

Yesterday, the blog Eater posted an entry about an alarming Craigslist ad by an unscrupulous business owner attempting to pay for fake Yelp reviews. The good news is that Yelp has pioneered successful strategies in fighting consumer fraud.

Another Reason To Never Trust Yelp

Posted 05.15.2013 | Small Business

There are countless stories about how Yelp can damage small businesses and countless more about how Yelp reviews aren't particularly reliable. To add ...

Yelp Reviews Local Prisons

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 04.30.2013 | DC

WASHINGTON -- "Only 3 basic cable channels and no nets for the basketball hoops are the least of the problems here. But the staff is decent..." Yel...

Inmates Are Reviewing Prisons On Yelp

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.29.2013 | Weird News

Reviewing prisons online isn't a new practice, and it's often easy to detect sarcasm or rage in former inmates' comments about their facilities. Bu...

San Francisco Sign Calls Yelp 'Bully'

Foodbeast | Posted 04.23.2013 | Taste
Foodbeast

As Yelp strives to increase its profitability, the issue of how much influence ad sales have on the integrity of their reviews will continue to be as pressing as ever.

Yelp Reviews on Life

Leslie Goshko | Posted 03.22.2013 | Comedy
Leslie Goshko

Much like chocolate and peanut butter, Mork and Mindy, Jack and Coke, certain things just belong together. Which is why it's about time that the follo...

Yelp Reviews for Realtors?

Jon Bronson | Posted 03.27.2013 | Business
Jon Bronson

Did you find them on an ad they took out on a bus sign clutching a cell phone with an antennae on it (ugh)? Or have they been hitting you with pads and paper with their face on it for a decade (ugh) claiming they are your "neighborhood specialist"?

Awful ID Card Lets 'Reviewers' Browbeat Restaurants

Posted 01.22.2013 | Home

The days of restaurant critics donning fake noses and elaborate costumes to conceal their identities from restaurateurs are long gone. The LA Times re...

Restaurant Health Grades? Now You Can Find Them On Yelp

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 01.17.2013 | Home

Restaurant-goers curious about the cleanliness of the environments they're eating in and how safe the food is have had to rely on two different strate...

LOOK: Is This The Best Taco Bell Ever?

Posted 01.14.2013 | Comedy

Taco Bell isn’t exactly a five-star eating, but the patrons of one particular franchise in Illinois would beg to differ. It's not just the food ...

Ridiculous McDonald's Reviews On Yelp

Posted 12.31.2012 | Home

McDonald's cravings happen, even to those of us with the best of healthy-eating intentions. The appeal, of course, is the greasiness, but also the con...

Yelp Review Could Cost Woman Nearly $1 Million

Posted 12.07.2012 | Small Business

A negative Yelp review could cost one woman close to $1 million. Jane Perez, a Virginia woman who wrote a scathing Yelp review of the contracting ...

WATCH: Yelp Reveals How It Catches Phonies

Posted 12.03.2012 | Small Business

In a recent interview with Business Insider, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman speaks about the company's response to businesses that buy Yelp reviews to ske...

Yelp's New Badge Of Shame

AP | Posted 10.18.2012 | Small Business

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yelp says it will alert users if it suspects that a business has tried to buy fake, misleading reviews on its site. Yelp Inc. said T...

Just How Powerful Is Yelp?

Foodbeast | Posted 12.08.2012 | Home
Foodbeast

Review aggregate website Yelp.com serves over 78 million unique people monthly, who use the site to sift through over 40 million reviews. These areĀ monstrousĀ stats, as the nowĀ ubiquitous review system serves as a powerful gateway between consumer and potential new dining experience.

Yelp Reviews For Places That Actually Need Them

www.cracked.com | Posted 11.25.2012 | Comedy

Bad news, professional critics -- the Internet is replacing you with altruism. User review sites like Yelp.com have thrived simply because they never ...

WATCH: Yelp Extortion Claims Persist

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 09.14.2012 | Small Business

A Connecticut restaurant owner is claiming that Yelp deleted positive posts about her eatery after she refused to purchase advertising from the consum...

Can You Trust Yelp Reviews?

www.latimes.com | Posted 09.05.2012 | Home

Judging from recent reviews on Yelp, the Center for Counseling, Recovery & Growth was the place to go to turn your life around. The Torrance center...

PHOTO: Sandwich Shop Advertises Worst Meatball Sandwich Of Yelper's Life

Posted 06.28.2012 | Home

We all know that Yelp can sometimes be a fair-weather friend to restaurants. One day you're riding high, earning serious praise from citizen reviewers...

How Small Businesses Can Manage Negative Online Reviews

Rody Moore | Posted 07.15.2012 | Small Business
Rody Moore

Reviews found on such websites as Yelp, Google Places and Citysearch can make or break a local business.

Just How Much Are Your Tweets And Yelp Reviews Worth?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.12.2012 | Technology

You could argue that your clever Facebook status updates and Frank Bruni-esque Yelp reviews are priceless, but the user data you generate can be conve...

What A Good Review On Yelp Is Worth To Restaurants (A Lot)

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.03.2011 | Technology

It intuitively makes sense that a poor score on Yelp is bad for business. But just how much can a restaurant's business improve if its rating on the ...

Top 9 Reasons You Can't Always Trust Yelp

Posted 11.28.2011 | Home

In a pinch, Yelp can be a great resource for restaurant recommendations. If, for example, you're looking for a Thai restaurant in North Myrtle Beach, ...

How Groupon Influences Restaurant Reviews

Technology Review | Posted 11.12.2011 | Technology

A Groupon deal might boost sales but, it can also lower a merchant's reputation as measured by Yelp ratings, say computer scientists who have analyzed...

Restaurant Turns Tables On Bad Reviews

Posted 08.09.2011 | Home

Chefs do not always take criticism well. Prolific restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow notoriously took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to respond t...