Title: The Truth About Yelp - and its culture of slander Post by: TECSHARE on June 10, 2019, 02:42:33 AM The Truth About Yelp - and its culture of slander
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CIGKxLcoso This sounds more than a little bit like this forum. Title: Re: The Truth About Yelp - and its culture of slander Post by: Quickseller on June 10, 2019, 04:54:34 AM [you have to watch the video to get the reference]
Do you think this is how certain users secure advertising deals managing advertising campaigns that pay so well? Re that guys specific situation, I am not sure Yelp is actually involved in the shady behavior, but that saleswoman appears to be pretty unethical if what that guy was saying is true. A problem with yelp is that all the reviews claim to be actual customers but they don’t actually verify this to be true. Title: Re: The Truth About Yelp - and its culture of slander Post by: squatz1 on June 10, 2019, 01:24:15 PM Don't know if anyone has actually ever had to deal with Yelp to advertise with them, but I've had the pleasure of doing this before. It's a horrible experience, as they wouldn't stop harassing me everyday asking for me to advertise on their platform and saying that they had tons of coupons for a business like mine.
Then I asked what their average CPC is, which at first they didn't want to answer but they said the average for my industry is $7-10 -- which is about 5 times the cost per click of google ads. So not only do they try to continue annoying you in order to get you to sign up, they do it in a way that makes it seem like it's a 'deal' and that they're looking out for you and your business. Yelp is a shit show. Title: Re: The Truth About Yelp - and its culture of slander Post by: mayo2u on June 10, 2019, 11:11:50 PM Don't know if anyone has actually ever had to deal with Yelp to advertise with them, but I've had the pleasure of doing this before. It's a horrible experience, as they wouldn't stop harassing me everyday asking for me to advertise on their platform and saying that they had tons of coupons for a business like mine. Then I asked what their average CPC is, which at first they didn't want to answer but they said the average for my industry is $7-10 -- which is about 5 times the cost per click of google ads. So not only do they try to continue annoying you in order to get you to sign up, they do it in a way that makes it seem like it's a 'deal' and that they're looking out for you and your business. Yelp is a shit show. I second this experience. I find Yelp useful for restaurant and business reviews (provided there are numerous reviews) but as a business I would not do business with them. Title: Can you fight the Big Evil Yelp? This man did. Post by: Spendulus on June 11, 2019, 11:36:45 PM The restaurant owner who asked for 1-star Yelp reviews
How one small business owner flipped the online review ecosystem on its head. In 2014, chef Davide Cerretini advertised a special that would forever change his fate: Anyone who left his restaurant a 1-star review on Yelp would get 25% off a pizza. See, his Bay Area-based Italian joint, Botto Bistro, was at a crossroads. Like many small businesses, it was enslaved to the whims of online reviewers, whose public dispatches could make or break its reputation. He’d had enough: It was time to pry the stars from the “cold, grubby hands of Yelpers” and take control of his own destiny. But the move would set Cerretini at the center of a long-standing battle between Yelp and disgruntled business owners — a battle including cries of “extortion,” review manipulation, and predatory advertising tactics. https://thehustle.co/botto-bistro-1-star-yelp/?utm_source=pocket-newtab Title: Re: The Truth About Yelp - and its culture of slander Post by: squatz1 on June 12, 2019, 12:08:08 PM Don't know if anyone has actually ever had to deal with Yelp to advertise with them, but I've had the pleasure of doing this before. It's a horrible experience, as they wouldn't stop harassing me everyday asking for me to advertise on their platform and saying that they had tons of coupons for a business like mine. Then I asked what their average CPC is, which at first they didn't want to answer but they said the average for my industry is $7-10 -- which is about 5 times the cost per click of google ads. So not only do they try to continue annoying you in order to get you to sign up, they do it in a way that makes it seem like it's a 'deal' and that they're looking out for you and your business. Yelp is a shit show. I second this experience. I find Yelp useful for restaurant and business reviews (provided there are numerous reviews) but as a business I would not do business with them. To be a hundred percent honest, because of my experiences with yelp on a business basis -- I don't think I could find it reliable due to the fact that it is massively manipulated, and that Yelp will help your business achieve higher ratings if you are to pay them. They're a business, and people forget that Yelp isn't going to be looking out for your best interest as a consumer. They're looking for their best interest as a business. AVOID YELP AT ALL COSTS. STILL A SHIT SHOW. |