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But the implication in the article is that the negative review is a fake review put up by a competing dog trainer...

by v21 15y ago

pessimizer 15y ago
That implication is based on the fact that he has reviewed seven dog trainers, given two of them one star reviews, one of them a five star review, and the other four reviews weren't worth mentioning in the article for some reason. Is it at all unlikely that this guy took a dog to two trainers, didn't like them, then went to a third that he thought was great? Or does it have to be a conspiracy? ----- edit: and from the article, the business owner's opinion: "The whole thing is odd," Frank Brader said. "It certainly seems to me that he's been to so many other dog trainers that nothing you can do is going to satisfy this person." ----- another edit: Here's the profile in question: http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z25c9TyWY1TdVEGxkj34jw http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z25c9TyWY1TdVEGxkj34... Does anything even look vaguely suspicious about it? His average rating is four stars, and contrary to the article, he went to four dog trainers in 2010, and gave two of them five star ratings, and two of them one star ratings. http://www.yelp.com/user_details_reviews_self?userid=z25c9TyWY1TdVEGxkj34jw&review_sort=time&review_filter=category&category_filter=pets http://www.yelp.com/user_details_reviews_self?userid=z25c9Ty... ----- and another: Now the review is being pushed out by wonderful, helpful reviews like this: "Just read the Chicago tribune article and it's just terrible! Yelp should pull this review!" http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-training-north-riverside#hrid:K4-1ddqnhVGkodo8HUkQNg http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-traini... "The Chicago Tribune article could go evan a lot further to expose Yelp for the extortionist business model they employ. I and thousands of hard working small business folks around the country who deliver exceptional quality and service every day to our customers are being victimized by this extortionist buiness model." http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-training-north-riverside#hrid:ipXq6-Bf8oxnTvlZpOvdlQ http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-traini... and "Score one for the small business owner not happy with Yelp's horrible filter algorithm. Yelp is a horrible business and if they don't fix things fast they will simply disappear (we can only hope) its amazing how there filter has managed to alienate all of their users (businesses and reviewers). Great article in the tribune, shine more light on Yelp's craptastic system. By the way we are animal lovers too!" http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-training-north-riverside#hrid:_p3YpvA3j-boB1U_2BvO1A http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-traini... All five stars.
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But the implication in the article is that the negative review is a fake review put up by a competing dog trainer...

by v21 15y ago

But the implication in the article is that the negative review is a fake review put up by a competing dog trainer...

That implication is based on the fact that he has reviewed seven dog trainers, given two of them one star reviews, one of them a five star review, and the other four reviews weren't worth mentioning in the article for some reason. Is it at all unlikely that this guy took a dog to two trainers, didn't like them, then went to a third that he thought was great? Or does it have to be a conspiracy? ----- edit: and from the article, the business owner's opinion: "The whole thing is odd," Frank Brader said. "It certainly seems to me that he's been to so many other dog trainers that nothing you can do is going to satisfy this person." ----- another edit: Here's the profile in question: http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z25c9TyWY1TdVEGxkj34jw http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=z25c9TyWY1TdVEGxkj34... Does anything even look vaguely suspicious about it? His average rating is four stars, and contrary to the article, he went to four dog trainers in 2010, and gave two of them five star ratings, and two of them one star ratings. http://www.yelp.com/user_details_reviews_self?userid=z25c9TyWY1TdVEGxkj34jw&review_sort=time&review_filter=category&category_filter=pets http://www.yelp.com/user_details_reviews_self?userid=z25c9Ty... ----- and another: Now the review is being pushed out by wonderful, helpful reviews like this: "Just read the Chicago tribune article and it's just terrible! Yelp should pull this review!" http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-training-north-riverside#hrid:K4-1ddqnhVGkodo8HUkQNg http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-traini... "The Chicago Tribune article could go evan a lot further to expose Yelp for the extortionist business model they employ. I and thousands of hard working small business folks around the country who deliver exceptional quality and service every day to our customers are being victimized by this extortionist buiness model." http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-training-north-riverside#hrid:ipXq6-Bf8oxnTvlZpOvdlQ http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-traini... and "Score one for the small business owner not happy with Yelp's horrible filter algorithm. Yelp is a horrible business and if they don't fix things fast they will simply disappear (we can only hope) its amazing how there filter has managed to alienate all of their users (businesses and reviewers). Great article in the tribune, shine more light on Yelp's craptastic system. By the way we are animal lovers too!" http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-training-north-riverside#hrid:_p3YpvA3j-boB1U_2BvO1A http://www.yelp.com/biz/haus-von-brader-dog-obedience-traini... All five stars.

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