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That negative online comment could get you sued

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Be careful what you say online; it could get you sued!  That's happening to a woman in Virginia after she wrote a negative comment on a business. Jane Perez aired her complaints on contractor Christopher Dietz on Yelp and Angie's List.  Now Dietz is coming after her.  He sued Perez for $750,000…
What if Yelp Were Real Life?
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What if Yelp Were Real Life?

An interesting idea, taking how Yelp behaves online and doing it in the real world. Even though there are differences between online and the real world, there are still rules of society, and pretty obvious right and wrong. This video does it brilliantly! [embedplusvideo editlink="http://bit.ly/1ua76Tp" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/fYpmJHlXuVc?fs=1" vars="ytid=fYpmJHlXuVc&width=450&height=283&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=" id="ep6829" /]
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Complaints, Defamation Cannot Go Ignored by Businesses

For businesses and brands, it is all too easy to put online reputation management on the backburner—but doing so can result in significant damage to the brand's integrity. Such is the thesis of a recent article in Forbes, which underscores the important role of online reputation management in today's increasingly digital world. The Forbes article…
Posted inYelp Commentary Yelp Sucks

Latest Yelp News From Yahoo!

Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman ignored advice from Elon Musk and Peter Thiel and succeeded anyway CNN  - 9 hours Read full story for latest details. HBS Professors Investigate Faked Positive Yelp Reviews The Harvard Crimson  - 15 hours Regular Yelp users may want to exercise caution next time they make a restaurant choice based on…
Do You Want To Get Paid For Writing Yelp Reviews?
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Do You Want To Get Paid For Writing Yelp Reviews?

According to a leading attorney, you could already be owned money for writing reviews on Yelp.com. Here's what they have to say: Get paid for all the reviews that you wrote for Yelp! over the years. Federal and State laws state that as Yelp! had the right to control you as a reviewer/writer and as the reviews…
Yelp Is Ruining My Business
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Yelp Is Ruining My Business

"Help! Yelp is ruining my business!" This is the tearful phone call I get every week. Another struggling business owner, failing, due to an unfair negative review. Feeling helpless, alone, attacked, the emotion coming through the phone line sounds a lot like the rape victims I counseled in college. The same questions: How did this…