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Doesn't Yelp have a reputation for much shadier business practices (i.e. extortion)? Maybe they're not a very sympathetic underdog in this fight.
by tossaway1 9y ago
Doesn't Yelp have a reputation for much shadier business practices (i.e. extortion)? Maybe they're not a very sympathetic underdog in this fight.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoYelp is definitely not a sympathetic party, but that doesn't invalidate or weaken their claim. Particularly if, as they claim, Google is specifically violating an agreement with the FTC.
- sitkack 9y agoYelp is indeed sht company and needs to be investigated for its own shakedown techniques. But this doesn't mean that Google isn't behaving in an anti-competitive way. Side note, Yelp literally called my partner who ran PR for non profits art org and asked to be paid $$ or else competitors ads would run on their page. Literal words. One would pay for NOTHING except not having competitors getting promoted on your own pages. Partner laughed and hung up.
- face_mcgace 9y agoYea perhaps - I'm not really defending Yelp as much as I'm worried about Google. I think this extends beyond just Yelp into the wider market (hotels.com, tripadvisor, paid search results, etc).