yelp extortion

[Photo: Michael Dorausch] Should Yelpers be compensated for their reviews like actual, professional writers? A group of Yelpers have filed a California class action lawsuit against the site, claiming that they are actually unpaid employees and legally deserve pay for their work, TechDirt reports. Plaintiffs are seeking "just compensation of wages, benefits, and reimbursement for…

When you’re up at 2am six days a week and facing a punch list that includes baking loaves of breads by the dozens, rolls and scones by the score, plus quiches, brownies and cookies by the batchload – then prepping fixings for the hundred-plus sandwiches you’ll sell come lunch time – what people say about…

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a crack down on businesses hiring firms to provide fake rave Yelp reviews recently, fining some as much at $100,000. The practice is called “astroturfing” and black hat marketing firms offer the service of “sock puppet” reviewers to restaurants to boost their overall Yelp ratings. As any…