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Err.. So yelp/tripa/whatever charges business for positive reviews and improved placement, but 3rd party frauds go to jail? I suppose we will get community ti

Err.. So yelp/tripa/whatever charges business for positive reviews and improved placement, but 3rd party frauds go to jail? I suppose we will get community time for sharing our netflix password next ?

rootlocus 8y ago
> So yelp/tripa/whatever charges business for positive reviews Can you cite some sources to back that up?
- IshKebab 8y ago
  Yelp charging for positive reviews is very well known.
  - tyingq 8y ago
    I don't know that it's very well known, or widespread. But, they do pay their salespeople commission. It wouldn't be unusual for a commission salesperson to do and/or say anything needed to boost their income.
  - jrochkind1 8y ago
    Then it should be pretty easy to find a cite to some kind of evidence, right? I don't particularly doubt it, but "it is well known" is not actually a citation or evidence of any kind.
  - seattle_spring 8y ago
    It's a very well known rumor, but I still haven't seen any proof.
cschmidt 8y ago
Disclaimer: I work at TripAdvisor. Please don't lump TripAdvisor in with Yelp. You can't pay for a positive TA review, or for more prominent placement of your positive reviews. Our reviews are just listed in reverse chronological order. You also can't pay to appear higher on the hotel list of a given city.
- josefresco 8y ago
  "You also can't pay to appear higher on the hotel list of a given city." This would seem to conflict with your statement: https://www.tripadvisor.com/TripAdvisorInsights/w588 https://www.tripadvisor.com/TripAdvisorInsights/w588 "These ads drive high quality traffic to your business by appearing above search results"
  - cschmidt 8y ago
    Sure, we have sponsored placements in the first slot, which contain the word "sponsored" next to them. That's an ad, in the same way Google has ads, and it appears above the list. I'm saying we don't let you pay to change the order of the list itself, in the same way Google doesn't.
- ataturk 8y ago
  Online reviews have been completely worthless since 1999 or so. Amazon deletes negative reviews--is that fraud?

rootlocus 8y ago

> So yelp/tripa/whatever charges business for positive reviews Can you cite some sources to back that up?

IshKebab 8y ago
Yelp charging for positive reviews is very well known.
- tyingq 8y ago
  I don't know that it's very well known, or widespread. But, they do pay their salespeople commission. It wouldn't be unusual for a commission salesperson to do and/or say anything needed to boost their income.
- jrochkind1 8y ago
  Then it should be pretty easy to find a cite to some kind of evidence, right? I don't particularly doubt it, but "it is well known" is not actually a citation or evidence of any kind.
- seattle_spring 8y ago
  It's a very well known rumor, but I still haven't seen any proof.

cschmidt 8y ago

Disclaimer: I work at TripAdvisor. Please don't lump TripAdvisor in with Yelp. You can't pay for a positive TA review, or for more prominent placement of your positive reviews. Our reviews are just listed in reverse chronological order. You also can't pay to appear higher on the hotel list of a given city.

josefresco 8y ago
"You also can't pay to appear higher on the hotel list of a given city." This would seem to conflict with your statement: https://www.tripadvisor.com/TripAdvisorInsights/w588 https://www.tripadvisor.com/TripAdvisorInsights/w588 "These ads drive high quality traffic to your business by appearing above search results"
- cschmidt 8y ago
  Sure, we have sponsored placements in the first slot, which contain the word "sponsored" next to them. That's an ad, in the same way Google has ads, and it appears above the list. I'm saying we don't let you pay to change the order of the list itself, in the same way Google doesn't.
ataturk 8y ago
Online reviews have been completely worthless since 1999 or so. Amazon deletes negative reviews--is that fraud?