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I became active on Yelp after a new Cafe opened in my town. I loved it so much I just had to go home and write a good review. I did so, and it was embargoed.
by metalliqaz 10y ago
I became active on Yelp after a new Cafe opened in my town. I loved it so much I just had to go home and write a good review. I did so, and it was embargoed. A user with one 5-star review is usually not taken into account.
After I had written more like 5 or 6 reviews, all my reviews started to count.
Remember how viral those recordings of Comcast shenanigans went? If she keeps getting those calls from Yelp, record one and be the one that finally turns the tide.
- golfer 10y agoWhy would those embargoed reviews start to count after she paid Yelp? That is what the Yelp salesperson is implying. Embargoed reviews shouldn't suddenly have more legitimacy due to her buying ads on the site. Something is shady here.
- koolba 10y agoI can imagine the corp spin on this being something like: We embargo reviews until we can validate the reviewer. Paying Yelp can bump the priority of who is validated...
- cjensen 10y agoThe 'embargo' algorithm is nothing as sensible as you suggest. If you click through to the hidden reviews, you can quickly see that there is very little logic happening. You'll often see a hidden review from a user who has left 20+ reviews, while at the same time one of the shown reviews is from a first-time reviewer.