Comments on: Yelp ticks off merchants by pulling their listings http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/07/04/yelp-ticks-off-merchants-by-pulling-their-listings/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: drbone http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/04/yelp-ticks-off-merchants-by-pulling-their-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-195722 drbone Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:06:50 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/07/04/yelp-ticks-off-merchants-by-pulling-their-listings/#comment-195722 I don't particularly care for Yelp myself. I've also read some of the negative things about yelp supposedly trying to extort money from businesses in exchange for highlighting positive reviews, etc. I think it's a better idea to avoid them and stick with established sites like citysearch, and I've noticed a lot of new review sites cropping up like fairplayreviews.com I don’t particularly care for Yelp myself. I’ve also read some of the negative things about yelp supposedly trying to extort money from businesses in exchange for highlighting positive reviews, etc. I think it’s a better idea to avoid them and stick with established sites like citysearch, and I’ve noticed a lot of new review sites cropping up like fairplayreviews.com

]]> By: PreviousYelpUser http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/04/yelp-ticks-off-merchants-by-pulling-their-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-135447 PreviousYelpUser Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:30:02 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/07/04/yelp-ticks-off-merchants-by-pulling-their-listings/#comment-135447 Below's a thread about someone giving a company a bad review, and then a Yelp employee going out of their way to contact and eventually harass the reviewer. When the reviewer blocks the employee's communications to avoid further harassment, the employee then opens a public thread, and divulges private emails.

 The employee at first vehemently denies being paid by Yelp, but later gets caught confessing to the whole thing:
"yelps pays me a lot of money to protect its sponsors. its a good racket. dont blow it for me."
The fact that this same employee who began the harassment has also given the other company a glowing review, is completely unethical to say the least.

 See for yourself, and quickly, before Yelp pulls the thread down to cover up their tracks:
 http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-calling-you-out-atlas-plumbing-review Below’s a thread about someone giving a company a bad review, and then a Yelp employee going out of their way to contact and eventually harass the reviewer. When the reviewer blocks the employee’s communications to avoid further harassment, the employee then opens a public thread, and divulges private emails.



The employee at first vehemently denies being paid by Yelp, but later gets caught confessing to the whole thing:
”yelps pays me a lot of money to protect its sponsors. its a good racket. dont blow it for me.”
The fact that this same employee who began the harassment has also given the other company a glowing review, is completely unethical to say the least.



See for yourself, and quickly, before Yelp pulls the thread down to cover up their tracks:

http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-calling-you-out-atlas-plumbing-review

]]> By: Joe http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/07/04/yelp-ticks-off-merchants-by-pulling-their-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-107056 Joe Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:27:32 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/07/04/yelp-ticks-off-merchants-by-pulling-their-listings/#comment-107056 Yelp's biased model sucks. Bunch of tweens banding together looking to attain an elite status. Please, let them yelp my business, ill come after em with a meat cleaver. Punks Yelp’s biased model sucks. Bunch of tweens banding together looking to attain an elite status. Please, let them yelp my business, ill come after em with a meat cleaver. Punks

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