FTC Announces a New Rule Banning Fake Reviews and Penalties over $50K
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on Oct. 21 announced that the agency’s ban on phony online reviews was going into effect, with penalties of $51,744 per violations. On social media platform X, Khan urged followers to report the proscribed practices at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Announcing the rule this August, she said that fake reviews “not only waste people’s time and...
Read MoreCan Yelp Negative Reviews be Removed
In the world of reputation management, Yelp is like a frequent offender. The site can seemingly hold a business hostage with negative reviews, but the good news is those reviews can be removed. Even better: you won’t need to pay Yelp a dime if you use these tips to help police your Yelp page. Ask the Customer to Remove It By far, the simplest method is to request that the customer just remove...
Read MoreFree Yelp & Reputation Management Webinar
Our CEO Pierre Zarokian and attorney Aaron Minc from Dinn, Hochman & Potter, LLC will be doing a free online webinar on July 19, 2016 at 2:30pm EST. Pierre Zarokian will discuss Yelp and general reputation management, including: – Why Yelp is so important! – Yelp Filter : How it works and how to beat it – Methods to get negative reviews removed on Yelp – Ways to increase...
Read MoreReputation Stars is now offering legal Negative Yelp Review Removal Service
We have just announced a new service which would legally remove negative Yelp reviews. Our team of experts will review each negative review and contact Yelp’s legal department to challenge their validity. Our CEO Pierre Zarokian stated: “The Yelp algorithm tries to remove fake negative reviews, but it is not always successful at that. Our clients want to fight back against...
Read MoreOur CEO to speak about Yelp and Reputation Management at Pubcon 2015
From October 5-8, Las Vegas will be taken over by Pubcon. The gathering is one of the largest annual meetings of search marketing professionals, and discussions will delve deep into all manner of organic search topics. Joining these brilliant minds in search is the veteran SEO and social media marketer: Pierre Zarokian. Zarokian, who is CEO of Reputation Stars and Submit Express, is an...
Read MoreIs it Possible to Remove Negative Yelp Reviews?
When Yelp first began, it caught on like wildfire. Users were providing honest ratings, complete with photos, and businesses were receiving valuable bumps in revenue and foot traffic. As time went on, the site became open to gaming. Fake reviews began to pop up, slandering some businesses and inflating others. Yelp recently won a court case that allows it to tailor its reviews as it wants,...
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