Yelp forces businesses to pay them money on threat of lowering their ratings, which can destroy the business. This is quite well-documented. One example appears

Yelp forces businesses to pay them money on threat of lowering their ratings, which can destroy the business. This is quite well-documented. One example appears below. I stand by my assertion. https://cliffbig.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-yelp-protection-racket.html https://cliffbig.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-yelp-protection-ra...