In one word - EXTORSION. Unless you are a paying customer - positive reviews get randomly removed, and negative review wtihout ANY facts stay, like this one: 20 40 Samantha W. Let's start a lovealution San Francisco, CA Compliment Send a Message Follow This Reviewer 10/30 I HATE... Rude Rip Off ...
Yelp is a complete racket! I have had eight 5 star reviews removed but one disgruntled associate loses her job and spend the next two months becoming an elite yelper just so she can post a fake negative review about my business. And, it will never be removed. Now they call weekly to get me to ...
This site is for 'consumers' to rate business, like ripoff, but its more misleading. Thing is, when consumers report bad services *like being ripped off* most reviews *like mine which were mostly negative towards bad businesses cheating me out of money* were deleted b/c business owners got mad. Oh ...