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Netflix did it right.
Stop being so greedy, Yelp.
Btw, anybody knows if there is somewhere a list of those type of contests ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question
The common analogue being, "Have you stopped beating your wife?"
With the algo's out in the open we all can finally move on from this "extortion" rumor.
The same from 5 years ago - http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/yelp-and-the-business-...
People's reviews get filtered because the user doesn't have human-identifiable data - multiple reviews, friends who use yelp, a picture, recent logins, etc.
Find me any business that complains about this extortion, their filtered reviews are 99% from people who've used yelp once and never logged in again.
On the other hand, here's a Harvard Business School study debunking this myth:
http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/10/hbs-study-finds-positive-...
Here is the one I was referring to: http://officialblog.yelp.com/2013/12/harvard-study-debunks-y...
The myth is that businesses which pay yelp do better; thus yelp extorts businesses to pay.
The study showed that businesses which pay for yelp ads do no better.