Posts tagged with 'extortion'
2010 has not been a kind year so far to Yelp. The popular customer reviews website is now facing not one, not two, but three separate lawsuits which essentially allege that the company has built a business by extorting local businesses.
They claim that, in an effort to turn listed businesses into paying advertisers, Yelp salespeople have offered to remove bad reviews, and that they've also removed good reviews when businesses turn down advertising solicitations. Not surprisingly, Yelp has vigorously denied the charges leveled against it. And it's not waiting for a court date to make the case that it's innocent.
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by Patricio Robles
19 March 2010 12:32pm
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