Comments on: Yelp.com is Extorting Businesses?

By: Jax

Jax — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:56:00 +0000

did you stop yelping? I hope you did. Check out my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/YelpExtortion

By: emily57

emily57 — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:45:00 +0000

I have 3 reviews, all 3 are negative I have people submitting negative comments. This so call customers that don’t have any record or transaction with the company. This negative reviews are what Yelp banks on it. Giving bad reviews they want you to joint them and make the reviews disappear. Some of this bad reviews are your competition, trying to make you look bad. But Yelp banks on that hoping that you join them and give them money. Did you notice that there is no site to review Yelp. Do you ever wonder why? They know they will be out of business if that was the case. Extortion, manipulation of freedom of speech, yes to all of the above.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:33:00 +0000

Oh, they already hurt small businesses. There is nothing “objective” about Yelp reviews. My business has about 22 Yelp reviews, but every time a customer posts a positive review, it is hidden form the viewer. However, I still have the only 2 negative reviews our business received, over 4 years ago, posted prominently on the front page. And no, I am not an advertiser.

By: Charlesmandel

Charlesmandel — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:26:00 +0000

I had similar things happen with me.. I HATE YELP!!!! Charles Mandel charlesmandelcarpetcleaning.com

By: Michael Lerman

Michael Lerman — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:24:00 +0000

I also start to have some questions about the business practices of Yelp. I am a realtor and thought that it is a good idea to register with Yelp. With my website manestate.com I started to redirect my customers to the yelp site, inviting them to write a review on me. Soon after I got few positive reviews, I was contacted by Kathrine, a Yelp sales representative. She spent 20mn over the phone with me with a demo about the paid service that Yelp offer to their subscribers. I was not interested by the paid service so the discussion ended. The interesting part is what happened after this phone conversation. I tried to find the the few reviews on my business. They magically disapeared. In addition the business that I entered on Yelp became “unclaimed”. Coincidence!
If I had to rate Yelp, you know what grade I will give them. Now I am looking for Yalt the Yelp Alternative. Let’s create it!

By: clara

clara — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:43:56 +0000

and here is an another alternative.
http://www.gettherating.com

By: Yelp sur le banc des accusés pour corruption et chantage | Techmeme@MyRecap

Yelp sur le banc des accusés pour corruption et chantage | Techmeme@MyRecap — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:48:03 +0000

[...] l’affaire a déj� eu de profondes répercussions, et comme l’affirme Jason Harris sur techcraver.com : «� si les accusations sont confirmées, alors il s’agit d’une CORRUPTION flagrante, avec [...]

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:30:35 +0000

I have always heard about these shady stories and this is a confirmation of Yelp’s bad practices.

Here is a free alternative to Yelp for local businesses: http://www.rateitall.com/promote

By: Yelp gets accused of extortion and blackmail- Is Yelp unethical? | Techmeme@MyRecap

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:20:50 +0000

[...] news has certaily led to far reaching consequences and as Jason Harris from techcraver.com says, “[t]his is outright EXTORTION with a capital E, if the allegations are true! Depending [...]

By: Varun

Varun — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:20:26 +0000

Well I have used Yelp too and was pretty pleased with their service and ratings ..

but now i might have to look for an alternative site !