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Yelp Slaps Consumer Alerts On More Pages, Renews Them On Others

Yelp Slaps Consumer Alerts On More Pages, Renews Them On Others

By Chris Crum February 28, 2014

Yelp announced on Friday that it has launched a new round of Consumer Alerts for “a handful of businesses” in its latest efforts to combat the ongoing problem of fake reviews. Do you think the fake review problem has gotten …

Yelp Pushes Through Controversy With 5-Star Quarter Yelp Pushes Through Controversy With 5-Star Quarter
By · February 7, 2014 · 4 Comments

Whether you think it’s a great business tool or you think it’s killing your business, Yelp appears to be unstoppable, and continues to grow substantially. This week, the company released its earnings report for the fourth quarter and full year …

Business
Yelp Earnings Released, Revenue Up 72% Yelp Earnings Released, Revenue Up 72%
By · February 5, 2014

Yelp just released its earnings report for Q4 and full year 2013. Net revenue was $70.7 million, up 72% year-over-year. The company saw strong growth across all of its revenue sources. Cumulative reviews reached 53 million, up 47% year-over-year. Average …

Finance
Nobody Wins In Yelp Defamation Suit Nobody Wins In Yelp Defamation Suit
By · February 5, 2014

Over a year ago, a Virginia judge ordered a Yelp user to change a negative review on the site. Building contractor Dietz Development sued user Jane Perez, claiming to have lost business because of her negative postings on the site …

Business
Yelp: Don't Be Afraid To Leave Negative Reviews Yelp: Don't Be Afraid To Leave Negative Reviews
By · January 30, 2014

Yelp, it would seem, doesn’t want its users to be afraid to leave negative reviews for businesses because of some of the lawsuits that have made the headlines. Yelp Senior Director of Litigation Aaron Schur took to the Yelp blog …

Business
Virginia Yelp Review Suit Goes To Trial Virginia Yelp Review Suit Goes To Trial
By · January 27, 2014

A little over a year ago, a Virginia judge ordered a Yelp user to change a negative review on the site. Jane Perez was sued by Dietz Development, a building contractor who claimed to have lost business because of her …

Business
More Yelp 'Extortion' Accusations Publicized More Yelp 'Extortion' Accusations Publicized
By · January 24, 2014 · 60 Comments

The story has been going on for quite some time. Businesses accuse Yelp of “extortion” or holding their positive reviews hostage unless they spend advertising money, and Yelp denies it vehemently, citing a lack of evidence and research appearing to …

Business
Yelp And SBA Team Up On Online Reviews Initiative Yelp And SBA Team Up On Online Reviews Initiative
By · January 21, 2014 · 2 Comments

Yelp and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) have teamed up to launch the Success With Online Reviews initiative, which kicked off last week at the New York Stock Exchange. “Sharing what you dig and what you don’t is nothing …

Business
Just How Bad Is Yelp's Fake Review Problem? Just How Bad Is Yelp's Fake Review Problem?
By · January 16, 2014 · 111 Comments

You’re probably aware of multiple controversial issues surrounding Yelp reviews. There are several to choose from. You have some businesses accusing the company of holding positive reviews hostage (with advertising being the ransom). You have a court ordering Yelp to …

Business
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Court Orders Yelp To Identify Anonymous Reviewers Court Orders Yelp To Identify Anonymous Reviewers
By · January 13, 2014 · 108

Once again, the subject of free speech with regard to Yelp reviews has been brought up in court. A new decision has proven controversial because if the court is wrong (which is very possible due to an apparent lack of …

Guy Writes 1,712 Yelp Reviews In 2013 Guy Writes 1,712 Yelp Reviews In 2013
By · January 7, 2014 · 2

Oakland Yelp user Victor G. received some recognition from Yelp for posting the most reviews of 2013 with a total of 1,712 during the year. That’s a lot of reviews (about five a day). In all, he’s written over 7,000 …

Yelp Discloses Lobbying Efforts, CEO Sells Shares Yelp Discloses Lobbying Efforts, CEO Sells Shares
By · January 3, 2014

A couple of interesting pieces of Yelp news have surfaced in that the company is lobbying for patent reform and copyright laws, and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman has sold nearly 15,000 shares of the company. As first reported by The Hill, …

Yelp Gets Friendly With The Kindle Fire HDX Yelp Gets Friendly With The Kindle Fire HDX
By · December 2, 2013 · 1

Yelp has been working with Amazon on a new Yelp app for the Kindle Fire HDX, and it’s now available on the device right out of the box. Yelp compares the partnership to those it has with Apple and Bing. …

Will Businesses Embrace Yelp For Ecommerce? Will Businesses Embrace Yelp For Ecommerce?
By · November 30, 2013 · 24

Yelp may be well known as a reviews site, where you can go to find out what people have said about a restaurant your thinking about trying or a plumber you’re considering calling to fix your sink. Through most of …

Yelp Listings Get SeatMe Reservations Yelp Listings Get SeatMe Reservations
By · November 25, 2013

Yelp announced today that it is finally incorporating SeatMe directly into the Yelp experience. Yelp users can now book restaurant and bar reservations from the venue’s Yelp listing. Yelp announced the acquisition of SeatMe back in July. The price was …

Yelp Explains The Recommended Review Process Yelp Explains The Recommended Review Process
By · November 13, 2013 · 2

Yelp is trying to educate users more about how its review recommendations work. As the company acknowledges, most people probably don’t really even think about it, but others certainly wonder how they come up the ones that they do. “Well, …

Yelp CEO Addresses All Your Favorite Accusations Yelp CEO Addresses All Your Favorite Accusations
By · November 8, 2013 · 2

Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman engaged in a reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) today, taking on an assault of questions about extortion, fake reviews, lawsuits, wages, and just about everything you’ve ever heard people allege about the company. Not that he …

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