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Jan 12, 2009 -- Yelp post at the center of lawsuit

If you took Clark's recent advice and started posting reviews on Yelp.com, here's a story that should be of interest to you.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports a Yelper has been sued by a chiropractor after writing a review claiming the doctor cheats insurance companies.

Clark hopes this lawsuit doesn't have a chilling effect on Yelpers. If you're doing online user-generated reviews, remember to stick to the truth and not jump to crazy conclusions.

Regardless of the outcome of this legal action, the kind of collective wisdom that sites like Yelp, TripAdvisor.com and others peddle is most likely here to stay.

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What others are saying

Yelp.com
Yelp.com is a FRAUD! Their reviews are skewed, and they consistently DELETE sincere and honest reviews. After reading only good reviews (5 stars) on Yelp.com on a business, we naively patronized this business. Later, we spent thousands of needless dollars and aggravation since the business owner was not competent enough.

Out of frustration, I became a first time reviewer on yelp since I believe others had the right to know the truth. 24 hours later, my review was deleted. The business owner was probably a yelp customer and paid yelp a monthly fee. Upon closer examination, I also noticed the reviews were 7-10 months apart, as well as being favorable (4-5 stars). More than likely, there were other HONEST reviews, but unfortunately, they were deleted.

Yelp.com caters to their paying customers (business owners) and does not provide the truth to consumers. Shame on you Yelp!

Please patronize HONEST websites, such as TripAdvisor, CitySearch, Chow.com, etc.
By Snowy S. @ 11/06/09 02:01:46 AMreport abuse
tripadvisor.com
it is about time someone took a collective case against Tripadvisor..com - it posts all kinds of negative defmatory and repulsive degrudging reviews.
By jacke @ 04/19/09 09:55:18 AMreport abuse
Yelp
Thank you Clark! I am now a yelper!!
By ReNee @ 01/13/09 03:20:45 PMreport abuse

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