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It's interesting to see how, over the years, service industry like that became dependant on user reviews on certain sites. About a week ago I was in a five-star
by Keyframe 10y ago
It's interesting to see how, over the years, service industry like that became dependant on user reviews on certain sites. About a week ago I was in a five-star hotel in Dubrovnik (Villa Dubrovnik, I absolutely recommend if anyone cares) that's had over 90 million Euros put into its new decor and stuff. That's some serious money. Yet, one of the first things guy told me there they are proud of their tripadvisor rating and, of all the things and ratings they have, that's probably the most important one to them.
These multi-national big corps have their nuts in hands of sites like these. Lots of potential for abuse, among great stuff for users of course.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI rely on Tripadvisor reviews exclusively when I travel, they've been spot on, and I've never heard of Tripadvisor being accused of abusing the system like Yelp. If they were to abuse service providers like Yelp does, I'd drop them in a hot second.
- Keyframe 10y agoI like them too, and I haven't heard about them abusing their position either. It's just that too much power is being concentrated into sites like that. For better or for worse, that's how it is now.
- komali2 10y agoOn the other hand, every shop in Vietnam has printed off a "rated #1 on Trip Advisor!" sign and stuck it to the front window. It can go both ways.
- roywiggins 10y agoI love places with "Rated on TripAdvisor" stickers. Technically true- they probably ARE rated. not quite a lie, but totally meaningless.
- cageface 10y agoPeople play all kinds of games with TripAdvisor reviews here in SE Asia, most notably stuffing the box with good but bogus reviews from friends or family or trashing competitors with fake bad reviews. But I've never heard any complaints of TripAdvisor itself shaking businesses down the way Yelp is often accused of.
- dba7dba 10y agoI heard rumors that Google tried to shake down tripadvisor when google tried to enter the hotel review business few years ago.