Comments for Outsmarting Yelp - Yelp Sucks » Outsmarting Yelp - Yelp Sucks http://yelp-sucks.com A Place For Real Business To Vent Real Problems With Yelp's Business Practices Mon, 07 May 2012 12:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Interviewing Lawyers Familiar with Yelp by Vitaly http://yelp-sucks.com/interviewing-lawyers-familiar-with-yelp/#comment-511 Vitaly Mon, 07 May 2012 12:38:50 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?p=184#comment-511 Hi, I've posted in the past regarding the blatant unfair business practice of the filtering model. I've written ten letters of against to BBB in SF, Yelp (letters returned), Gov Cuomo, Consumer Affairs and Federal Trade Commission. Not sure where else to go to get Yelp to remove the filtering system. Today, we had a review go up and get removed all within one hour. And from a customer who regularly hires us. We refuse to pay for banner ads and once we did that all 80 of our 5 star reviews got banished by the filtering system. I'd like to opt out and removed my business listing but sadly someone could still put it back up on line to tarnish our rep. Help! We want to join a lawsuit if there is one. Thanks Hi, I’ve posted in the past regarding the blatant unfair business practice of the filtering model. I’ve written ten letters of against to BBB in SF, Yelp (letters returned), Gov Cuomo, Consumer Affairs and Federal Trade Commission. Not sure where else to go to get Yelp to remove the filtering system. Today, we had a review go up and get removed all within one hour. And from a customer who regularly hires us. We refuse to pay for banner ads and once we did that all 80 of our 5 star reviews got banished by the filtering system.
I’d like to opt out and removed my business listing but sadly someone could still put it back up on line to tarnish our rep.

Help! We want to join a lawsuit if there is one.

Thanks

]]> Comment on Is Yelp Ripping Small Business Owners Off? by GoodReviews http://yelp-sucks.com/is-yelp-ripping-small-business-owners-off/#comment-510 GoodReviews Sun, 06 May 2012 17:04:34 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?p=136#comment-510 If I had known how bad Yelp was I would have never put a business listing with them. They are bad for small merchants. They attract complainers, cowards, and people that can't communicate with their merchant. They filter out the good reviews and put the bad at the top. I hope they go out of business. No merchant should sign up with them. If I had known how bad Yelp was I would have never put a business listing with them. They are bad for small merchants. They attract complainers, cowards, and people that can’t communicate with their merchant. They filter out the good reviews and put the bad at the top. I hope they go out of business. No merchant should sign up with them.

]]> Comment on Tell Your Yelp Story by Sue http://yelp-sucks.com/tell-your-yelp-story/#comment-488 Sue Thu, 03 May 2012 20:12:23 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?page_id=70#comment-488 We have had 12 yelp reviews. 8 of them are terrific. 4 are pretty bad mostly from people who do not want to pay their bills. Yelp surprised the good reviews and does contact me to advertise with them. We have excellent google reviews and droogle reviews but yelp continues to come up first on a web search. This is harming our small business and I don't know what to do about it. We have had 12 yelp reviews. 8 of them are terrific. 4 are pretty bad mostly from people who do not want to pay their bills. Yelp surprised the good reviews and does contact me to advertise with them. We have excellent google reviews and droogle reviews but yelp continues to come up first on a web search. This is harming our small business and I don’t know what to do about it.

]]> Comment on Exposing Filtered Reviews on Yelp by Fritz Barnes http://yelp-sucks.com/exposing-filtered-reviews-on-yelp/#comment-473 Fritz Barnes Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:24:30 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?p=252#comment-473 I know these sites don't like anyone using their trademarks, but the concept of using this graphic shouldn't really be a problem for them. They do have a link to those reviews--to their credit, I grudgingly suppose. Thanks for the idea...not sure how I will implement it...have a great day. :-) I know these sites don’t like anyone using their trademarks, but the concept of using this graphic shouldn’t really be a problem for them. They do have a link to those reviews–to their credit, I grudgingly suppose. Thanks for the idea…not sure how I will implement it…have a great day. :-)

]]> Comment on Tell Your Yelp Story by tarry http://yelp-sucks.com/tell-your-yelp-story/#comment-471 tarry Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:55:02 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?page_id=70#comment-471 yelp team kept calling me for advertising with them but the price is very hight so I said no and one day after they they took my 7 good review out of the review and go to the filter :( yelp team kept calling me for advertising with them but the price is very hight so I said no and one day after they they took my 7 good review out of the review and go to the filter :(

]]> Comment on Tell Your Yelp Story by milo.zador http://yelp-sucks.com/tell-your-yelp-story/#comment-464 milo.zador Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:02:20 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?page_id=70#comment-464 it's interesting that you can't filter malicious negative reviews but have NO PROBLEM filtering the nice reviews people post. you claim that you filter both negative and positive. its a lie. i have seen no eveidence of ANY negative reviews being filtered. it's because Yelp would lose leverage with its businesses. A customer will not purchase ads on Yelp so filtering negative reviews only hurts the end user. filtering the positive reviews forces a business to evaluate and possible become blackmailed by YELP to purchase advertising in exchange for less filtered positive reviews. ALL in ALL-Yelp is a scam. It too will fade....anyone remember Friendster??? Enough said. it’s interesting that you can’t filter malicious negative reviews but have NO PROBLEM filtering the nice reviews people post. you claim that you filter both negative and positive. its a lie. i have seen no eveidence of ANY negative reviews being filtered. it’s because Yelp would lose leverage with its businesses. A customer will not purchase ads on Yelp so filtering negative reviews only hurts the end user. filtering the positive reviews forces a business to evaluate and possible become blackmailed by YELP to purchase advertising in exchange for less filtered positive reviews.

ALL in ALL-Yelp is a scam. It too will fade….anyone remember Friendster??? Enough said.

]]> Comment on Yelp’s Review Filter by Frustrated http://yelp-sucks.com/yelps-review-filter/#comment-463 Frustrated Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:46:22 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?p=106#comment-463 I rated Yelp on WOT .. I hope they go under from this initial offering. I rated Yelp on WOT .. I hope they go under from this initial offering.

]]> Comment on Interviewing Lawyers Familiar with Yelp by Ann http://yelp-sucks.com/interviewing-lawyers-familiar-with-yelp/#comment-454 Ann Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:35:43 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?p=184#comment-454 I would love to join a lawsuit. Yelp has filtered all my clients positive reviews. I never gave permission to be listed. How do I get them to remove my listing. I would love to join a lawsuit. Yelp has filtered all my clients positive reviews. I never gave permission to be listed. How do I get them to remove my listing.

]]> Comment on Is Yelp Good? by andrea http://yelp-sucks.com/is-yelp-good/#comment-452 andrea Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:09:45 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?p=235#comment-452 Yelp sucks Yelp sucks

]]> Comment on Tell Your Yelp Story by john starling http://yelp-sucks.com/tell-your-yelp-story/#comment-450 john starling Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:15:54 +0000 http://yelp-sucks.com/?page_id=70#comment-450 yelp has been a small thorn in our businesses side since we've opened. They have knocked off so many good reviews for us and have of course kept all the bad ones. Including the ones that are first post. I would love to see this website demolished. yelp sucks hard yelp has been a small thorn in our businesses side since we’ve opened. They have knocked off so many good reviews for us and have of course kept all the bad ones. Including the ones that are first post. I would love to see this website demolished. yelp sucks hard

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