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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…
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Best 5 & Worst 5 Mid Cap Stocks: Myriad Genetics, Yelp, Sears, SandRidge …

Posted by Ross Horner in Business | 0 comments Oct 02, 13 Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN) went up 7.70% after the company explained that two contractors working for the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services, or CMS, have announced incorrect reimbursement rates for the company’s BRAC Analysis genetic screening tests. Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) gained 7.46% following…
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Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP)'s target price raised to $80

- 20 hours ago @ wallstcheatsheet.com: Yelp (NYSE:YELP): Cowen raised Yelp's price target to $80 from $60 following management meetings that increased confidence in higher advertising growth trajectory. The firm continues to believe that Yelp is in the early stages of monetization, and that ...- 1 day ago @ streetinsider.com: Cowen maintained an Outperform rating on Yelp…
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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,…