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Yelp opens offices on California Avenue

- 2 days ago @ investors.com: Online reviews site Yelp (YELP) has opened an office in Palo Alto, Calif., an attempt to lure Silicon Valley programmers who might balk at a daily commute to the company's San Francisco headquarters. "Do you live in the Valley and tear up a bit at the ...
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$ave me: Spotting fake online consumer reviews

Relying on online consumer reviews to find a contractor or pick a blender may be dicey. In September, the New York attorney general fined 19 companies $350,000 for writing fake online reviews for businesses. The problem is even more pervasive than that—a new study from researchers at Harvard Business School and Boston University estimates that…
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Yelp's Top 10 Restaurants in Newton: Do You Agree?

- 2 days ago @ wayland.patch.com: Review it yourself websites like Yelp! have empowered the everyday eater to become their local neighborhood's food critic, praising and damning behind the anonymity of a computer screen. So what do your neighbors have to say on Yelp? Based on Yelp!- 3 days ago @ dedham.patch.com: Review it yourself websites like…