Yelp Is Exploring a Sale

Re:Yelp Is Exploring a Sale by hinkley on Thursday May 07, 2015 @02:59PM (#9507425)

I hear the Mafia is struggling to improve their relevance in a progressively technological world.

They would be perfect for each other. The things Yelp could teach the Mob about extortion and protection rackets... Oh, and computers, too. I hear they're also good at that.

(can you tell I boycott Yelp? what was your first clue?

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Re:Yelp Is Exploring a Sale by koube on Thursday May 07, 2015 @03:10PM (#9507507)

Honest (and possibly stupid) question: Where do you go for your reviews, and how do you know that they don't do the same thing?

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Re:Yelp Is Exploring a Sale by walterbell on Thursday May 07, 2015 @03:21PM (#9507584)

Amazon reviews have their own vulnerabilities, but Amazon makes money from ecommerce rather than selling ads to the owners of the products being reviewed.

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Re:Yelp Is Exploring a Sale by hsod on Thursday May 07, 2015 @05:20PM (#9508381)

Any suggested reading on Yelp's Mafia-esque extortion? A quick Google turns up a bunch of innuendo and vague allegations but nothing concrete.

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