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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…

Adryenn Ashley September 20, 2013

Outsmarting Yelp Yelp Lawsuit Yelp Sucks

Outsmarting Yelp: Overcoming CDA Immunity via 3rd Party Contract Promises

Daniel Bernath came up with what looks like a stroke of genius. Now, I'm not a lawyer (but he is) so I can't comment on the legality of it, but the logic looks good. The idea is that since Groupon REQUIRES you to have a Yelp business profile (with positive reviews) before allowing you to…

Adryenn Ashley August 30, 2013

Yelp Class Action

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…

Adryenn Ashley August 12, 2013

Yelp Sucks

Have you seen your Online Reputation?

Adryenn Ashley May 24, 2013

Outsmarting Yelp Yelp Sucks

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…

Adryenn Ashley April 17, 2013

Outsmarting Yelp

INFOGRAPHIC: The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet

Need pixel dimensions and sizing information for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest, or LinkedIn? Here it is all in one handy infographic. Social Media sites are constantly changing sizes of their graphics, making it near impossible to keep up or make your pretty image just perfect... until now. Thanks for my buddies over at Lunametrics…

Adryenn Ashley April 7, 2013

Outsmarting Yelp

Yelp's CEO Jeremy Stoppleman Had One Thing Right

In 2008 Yelp first did a massive clean sweep, claiming to delete spammers accounts. I got swept up in the mess. I'm not a spammer. I never wrote a review for a product or service I didn't use. And every review I received for my business was from a very well satisfied client. But the…

Adryenn Ashley April 3, 2013

News From Around The Web

Seven Best Airports in the US for a Long Layover

Hanging Out at the Airport Gone are the days when waiting at the airport meant gnawing on dull fast food in a culinary wasteland and twiddling your thumbs in a stimulation-free zone. Today, you can go online, get a massage or haircut, admire art, hear live jazz, dine at famous local eateries, sip wine and…

Mystic Maggie March 27, 2013

News From Around The Web

Group Envisions Yelp-Like Site to Review Everything From Government …

Everyone has had a complaint about the DMV. Or maybe trash pickup, a pothole that never gets fixed or a streetlight that the city is slow to fix. But those complaints tend are often difficult to channel, and rarely is there an easy way to find out if you're the only one grousing about something.…

Mystic Maggie March 27, 2013

News From Around The Web

Yelp's Top 10 Restaurants in Hingham: Do You Agree?

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!'s highest-rated star ranking, here are the top 10 restaurants in Hingham. 1. The Square Cafe2. Crow Point Pizzeria3. Burtons Grill 4. Tosca…

Mystic Maggie March 27, 2013