 | We recall being contacted by a person claiming to work for Yelp, who periodically solicited us with advertising on yelp. Statements made directly implied that our negative reviews would be pushed down (made invisible), positive reviews will be made more prominent - all these in addition to having our business listing dominate the automotive repair service category in our market area. |
During the same period, there have been numerous other start-ups coming to life like Angie's List  , FriBay (link to the profile on VentureBeat - link opens in a new window), InsiderPages  , Judy's Book  , Yellow Bot , Yellow Pages, & many other early initiatives by legacy directory listings. Given the vast amount of advertising opportunities via online listing directories, we had decided at that time to let the marketplace mature & declined to subscribe to Yelp's paid program.
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