Posts Tagged &#8216;Yelp&#8217;

Credits: CBS Money Watch By: Aimee Picchi Yelp is suing the operator of several websites that promise to deliver positive reviews for local businesses seeking to boost their scores. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.cbsnews.com

Nobody Reviews Restaurants On Yelp Quite Like This Man

27th August 2014

KwikChex, Online Reviews, reviews, Uproxx, www.kwikchex.com, www.uproxx.com, Yelp

Credits: Uproxx Web Culture By: Andy Issac Most of our coverage of online reviews has a very serious element – businesses being destroyed by bad fake reviews, rogue businesses planting fake good reviews etc. But this one is in a somewhat lighter note – the story of a ‘reviewer’ that has an unique way of […]

Yelp hit with shareholder lawsuit over online reviews

11th August 2014

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Credits: Reuters By: Dan Levine Yelp Inc and its executives were accused in a lawsuit of selling more than $81 million in stock while deceiving shareholders about the quality of consumer reviews on its website. Above excerpts and read the full article on www.reuters.com

Hotel’s Yelp rating plummets to ONE star after it’s revealed they charge wedding couples $500 for any guest that leaves a negative review

11th August 2014

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Credits: Mail Online By: Alexandra Klausner * The Union Street Guest House in Hudson, NY doesn’t allow negative Yelp reviews for wedding guests * Of the 572 Yelp reviews online, 554 of them were posted on Monday after media outlets drew attention to the hotel’s policy * Please know that despite the fact that wedding […]

Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins is suing Yelp for “disgusting” reviews

28th July 2014

London Loves Business, online defamation, Pimlico Plumbers, reviews, Shruti Tripathi, www.londonlovesbusiness.com, Yelp

Credits: London Loves Business By: Shruti Tripathi Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins is suing Yelp for “defamatory and disgusting” reviews about the company. The London-based plumbing company complained to Yelp about five reviews which were subsequently removed by the San Francisco-based website. However, Mullins has taken issue with two other reviews Yelp has refused to […]

Yelper Found Guilty of Defamation for Scathing Reviews

6th February 2014

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Credits: The Eater By: Hillary Dixler In a blow to angry Yelpers nationwide, a Virginia court has ruled that one woman’s scathing Yelp reviews of a local contractor were in fact defamation. In a dramatic turn, the contractor who sued her was found guilty of defamation too. The Washington Post reports that the multi-day trial […]

Don’t trust online reviews! A fifth are left by people who have NEVER tried the product

27th January 2014

Amazon, Daily Mail, Mail Online, Online Reviews, tripadvisor, www.dailymail.co.uk, Yelp

Credits: Mail Online By: Victoria Woollaston * More than a fifth of Americans have reviewed a product they’ve never used * This rises to almost a third of parents with children under 18 * The majority (32%) claimed they did so simply because ‘they felt like it’ * While 22% admitted they just didn’t like […]

Yelp Turns Up The Heat: 285 Consumer Alerts Issued Over Fake Reviews

16th January 2014

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Credits: Search Engine Land By: Matt McGee It’s been almost a year and a half since Yelp began issuing Consumer Alerts when a business on its site has been caught trying to get fake reviews; but after a cautious start, that program appears to be turning up the heat. According to an interview with CEO […]

Yelp Sues Business For Faking Its Own Reviews

16th September 2013

Business, reviews, Small Business Trends, www.smallbiztrends.com, Yelp

Credits: Small Business Trends By: Anita Campbell ‘Yelp filed suit against a business (a law firm no less!) over what it claims are fake reviews the business created for itself. While there have been stories before of companies “outed” for being behind fake review efforts, and even FTC complaints, Yelp filing a lawsuit is new. […]

Yelp Sues Business Selling Fake Reviews

2nd July 2013

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Credits: Digital Trends By: Jam Kotenko ‘Yelp has decided to go even bigger with their pursuit against false information and directed a major lawsuit against BuyOnlineReviews.net, which conveniently also owns the domain BuyYelpReview.com. The complaint filed last week seeks to shut down said site through a court injunction as well as complete reimbursement of Yelp’s […]

Why It’s Harder to Game Positive Online Reviews

1st November 2012

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Credits: CNBC By: Heesun Wee ‘Gaming positive reviews online is getting harder. The website Yelp which connects local businesses with user-contributed reviews on everything from restaurants to local dentists — recently launched a new “Consumer Alert” system that clamps down on fraudulent reviews.’ ‘But with business risk comes opportunity. Gartner forecasts the emergence of companies […]

Can public shaming put an end to fake travel reviews?

25th October 2012

Online Reviews, reviews, The Australian, www.theaustralian.com.au, Yelp

Credits: The Australian By Kate Schneider ‘Yelp putting on detective hat in bid to find fake reviews is placing a warning sign on the listings of those caught. Claims to have already busted nine companies TIRED of companies trying to trick travellers with fake reviews, Yelp is now publicly shaming those it claims are involved […]

Buy Reviews on Yelp, Get Black Mark

18th October 2012

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Credits: The New York Times By: David Streitfeld “Businesses caught soliciting favorable reviews are increasingly running the risk of getting slapped with a badge of shame. Like every Web site that depends on consumer critiques, Yelp has a problem with companies trying to manipulate their results. So it set up a sting operation to catch […]

As Fake Reviews Rise, Yelp, Others Crack Down on Fraudsters

3rd October 2012

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Credits: Ad Age By: Michael Learmonth ‘Online reviews can make or break a local business, which is why the incentive to cheat with paid-for, malicious or fraudulent reviews is so great. Weeding out fraud is an inexact science; sites such as TripAdvisor, Google+ Local and Yelp use a mix of algorithms and human moderators to […]

Who Has The Most Fake Consumer Reviewers?

25th June 2012

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Credits: BuzzFeed By: Allison McCann ‘Go on TripAdvisor’s UK site and you can no longer find the “reviews you can trust” slogan anywhere on the page (it still exists in the US, in tiny grey print near the bottom of the page.) Legally forced to remove the phrase, soon they might just have to say […]

KwikChex Ratings for Travel Review Websites – Updated

13th June 2012

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Updated 3rd July 2012 KwikChex has now published ratings on the first named travel review sites. Background Reviews sites, are fundamentally asking consumers to trust / believe in the information they provide on businesses. They are highly influential in consumer opinion and decision making. Small businesses in particular can be made or broken according to […]

Kwikchex launch ratings system for online review sites

30th April 2012

Caterer, Google Reviews, KwikChex, review fraud, the five-tier ratings system, tripadvisor, Yelp

Google Reviews, TripAdvisor and Yelp are regarded as the most unreliable review sites, according to a new ratings system introduced by the online reputation management firm, KwikChex. Chris Emmins, co-founder of KwikChex, said that the five-tier ratings system, which is currently being introduced to its own online site, is intended to provide consumers with […]

How Accurate are Online Travel Reviews?

12th March 2012

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Credits: PeterGreenberg.com By: Phil Baker ‘It’s easy to find hotel reviews online, but honest, unbiased honest customer reviews are harder to spot. Tech columnist Phil Baker reports on new findings and reviews the latest technology to see if there’s a better way.’ ‘There’s another option that I recently discovered that’s taking a novel approach to […]

KwikChex to create an ‘Honest Web Summit’

2nd November 2011