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Yelp on Fake Reviews: We Filter 25% of Reviews for Being Suspicious

- 6 hours ago @ searchenginewatch.com: Yelp says that up to a quarter of the reviews the company receives may be fake, and that its automated review filter suppresses about 25 percent of reviews it deems as being suspicious. However, Yelp admits that the system isn't completely accurate.- 1 week ago @ arstechnica.com: Nineteen companies have "agreed…
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Yelp on Fake Reviews: We Filter 25% of Suspicious Reviews

- 6 hours ago @ searchenginewatch.com: Yelp says that up to a quarter of the reviews the company receives may be fake, and that its automated review filter suppresses about 25 percent of reviews it deems as being suspicious. However, Yelp admits that the system isn't completely accurate.- 1 week ago @ digtriad.com: Consumer Reports Money Adviser…
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Analysts: Yelp Offers a 'Compelling Product' and 3 Other Research Notes to

- 1 day ago @ streetinsider.com: Cowen maintained an Outperform rating on Yelp (NYSE: YELP) with a modified price target of $80.00 (from $60.00). Analyst Kevin Kopelman said he was more confident in the company's advertiser growth trajectory. Comments follow meetings with ...- 4 hours ago @ nysepost.com: Boston, MA, 10/02/2013 (nysepost) – Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP)'s price target…
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Yelp: About 25% of Our Reviews are Fake

- 1 week ago @ searchenginewatch.com: yelp-logo Review site Yelp is no stranger to the court system; it has been sued many times by disgruntled small business owners upset over its business practices and authenticity of reviews. However, in an unusual turn of events, Yelp is the claimant ...- 6 days ago @ businessinsider.com: Sure, the people…
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Yelp jumps following Cowen PT hike

- 15 hours ago @ streetinsider.com: Cowen maintained an Outperform rating on Yelp (NYSE: YELP) with a modified price target of $80.00 (from $60.00). Analyst Kevin Kopelman said he was more confident in the company's advertiser growth trajectory. Comments follow meetings with ...
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Study: 16 Percent of Yelp Reviews May Be Fakes

- 4 days ago @ dailyfinance.com: The report by assistant professors at Harvard Business School and Boston University -- Fake It Till You Make It: Reputation, Competition, and Yelp Review Fraud -- claims that roughly one in every five reviews on the site is fraudulent. Yelp has ...- 4 days ago @ benzinga.com: A recent report titled,…
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One Hundred Tables launches as an “alternative to OpenTable and Yelp”

- 1 week ago @ columbia.patch.com: Here are the top 8 restaurants in and around Columbia, according to Yelp and its highest star rating. Yelp—for those who don't know—is a "guide that helps people find cool places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play, based on the informed opinions of ...- 1 week ago @ edgewater.patch.com: Here…
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Yelp (YELP) Target Raised to $80 at Cowen

- 1 week ago @ northforkvue.com: Yelp logo Yelp (NASDAQ:YELP) CEO Jeremy Stoppelman sold 14,706 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.27, for a total value of $945,154.62. The sale was ...- 20 hours ago @ investors.com: Online reviews site Yelp…