Fake Negative Reviews on YELP in Sarasota Fl Hurt Local Business's as YELP Ignores Requests For HELP, But Takes Down Bad Stuff for a Price, YELP is a Scam. Beware of Yelp! suppressing good reviews and depriving businesses from positive reviews being shown to the general public. The motive behind this practice appears to be financial (for YELP), see article below. It's a disservice to the both the business who are victims of Yelp!'s practice and to consumers seeking honest real reviews from members of the public. EAST BAY EXPRESS: The phone calls came almost daily. It started to get creepy. " Hi, this is Mike from Yelp," the voice would say. "You've had three hundred visitors to your site this month. You've had a really good response. But you have a few bad ones at the top. I could do something about those." This wasn't your average sales pitch. At least, not the kind that John, an East Bay restaurateur, was used to. He was...