Journalist Creates Fake Business, Easily Buys Yelp Reviews & Social Followers
You've never heard of Freakin' Awesome Karaoke Express? Aww, it's the best mobile karaoke truck in the Bay area! The bad news: it's not real. Freakin'...
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Every business owner is concerned about their company's reputation. The lengths we go to keep our image clean can often be surprising, and though negative feedback...
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A few years ago, we had a nice talk with an executive from Urbanspoon (over a lunchtime whiskey cocktail), and we've always been fans of the...
Read more »The Top 5 Review Sites Restaurant Owners Should Watch
1. Yelp Yelp is the undisputed king of business review sites, and also the most controversial. It publishes crowd-sourced reviews about local businesses, and runs an...
Read more »10 Places with the Most Reviews on Yelp
Curious about who's getting the most Yelp buzz? These were the top numbers on May 29, 2015. 1. Bottega Louie 10,398 reviews, 4 stars (over...
Read more »Restaurant Reviews to Appear in Facebook Search
Facebook will soon be displaying restaurant reviews when visitors search for or visit pages of restaurants. These reviews are pulled from reputable publications such as New...
Read more »33% of Customers Say 3 Stars Isn't Good Enough
In a recent survey of over 500 people of different backgrounds, aged 25-50, performed over 3 weeks, ReviewTrackers asked: Would you eat a restaurant that had...
Read more »5 Tips for Improving Patient Reviews
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven Conference in Chicago on June 13, Beth Berger, national director of the healthcare practice at Arthur J....
Read more »How Doctor Reviews Differ from Restaurant Reviews
Small business owners (including doctors) have strong linkages between their personal identity and the business' identity, but doctors often take negative patient reviews even more personally...
Read more »Chefs at Aspen Food & Wine 2013 Read their Restaurants' Yelp Reviews
We've showcased dramatic Yelp review readings before. Hilarious! At the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, Eater took the Yelp dramatic readings one step further by asking...
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