In 2012, Yelp began flagging businesses with suspicious ... "I've seen businesses generate hundreds of fake reviews," MacBean said. He said they can span multiple listings and entire industries.

Yelp published its 2022 Trust and Safety Report detailing actions it took against lead generators, fake review groups and businesses incentivizing reviews. Yelp Cracks Down on Paid Review Groups ...

Phony reviews have long plagued many popular consumer websites, such as Amazon and Yelp. They are typically traded on private social media groups between fake review brokers and businesses willing ...

How review sites like Yelp and Tripadvisor are trying to stop the flood. By Maria Cramer Oobah Butler knew it was wrong to write fake online reviews for restaurants where he had never dined.

Seventy percent of respondents said it's rare for them to visit a new business without looking at online reviews first Yelp has been plagued with fake or manipulated reviews for years. A 2013 ...

That's where Yelp's new Review Activity Alerts index comes in. While performing your own due diligence on a business you're unsure of does require a little extra metaphorical legwork, fake reviews ...

Fraudsters also want it so their Yelp profiles can look more realistic, said Kay Dean, a former federal criminal investigator who runs a watchdog group called Fake Review Watch. To be sure ...

Yelp's comments come in response to the FTC's requests for input on potential new regulations surrounding fake reviews. That request, issued in October, marked the first step in what could be a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Yelp Inc. is stepping up its campaign against a serious threat to its business model: fake reviews. The online reviews service is taking aim at businesses and ...

Phony reviews have long plagued many popular consumer websites, such as Amazon and Yelp. They are typically traded on private social media groups between fake review brokers and businesses willing ...