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It may no longer be happening. Googling "Yelp extortion" will get you plenty of news hits, but this may have caused them to change their practices.

• Throwaway23412 10y ago
  It's actually extraordinary how many "Yelp extortion" claims I've seen without a single bit of proof. It's not at all difficult to record a telephone conversation with a Yelp representative. I've seen some thoughts about this: - Some of the businesses claiming "Yelp extortion" actually deserve their bad reviews. - Some of the businesses claiming "Yelp extortion" posted fake positive reviews. Unbeknownst to them, Yelp bots automatically detected and removed the fake reviews. Later, after rejecting a call from a Yelp rep asking to advertise, the business owner decides to check their Yelp page and sees that their fake reviews are gone, incorrectly deducing that Yelp is extorting them.
  • dhimes 10y ago
    It's not at all difficult to record a telephone conversation with a Yelp representative. I was at Radio Shack just yesterday looking for a way to do this. They didn't have a solution. Also, it's illegal where I am unless I advertise it. So if I were to get a call right now from somebody and needed to record it I'm not sure what to do. Any suggestions?
    • Throwaway23412 10y ago
      I personally use an app called TapeACall. You could also just put your call on loudspeaker and record it with another device.
• eli 10y ago
  Google "chemtrails" you get lots of hits too.