Yelp extortion backfires!! Yelp is MAFIA!!! Extorting Small Businesses for Cash!!! One Small Business Owner Fought Back & WON.....here's how.... Yelp is MAFIA!!!  Extorting Small Businesses for Cash!!!  One Small Business Owner Fought Back & WON.....here's how.... Yelp extortion backfires Yelp does indeed remove positive reviews for your business if you don't pay them a hefty extortion fee, and Yelp itself will in turn write negative reviews written by their own staff even if they never hit your restaurant or business if you do not pay the extortion fee. I stopped paying attention to online reviews back in the 90's because they are predominantly B.S. Take a look at what one pizza shop did to Yelp.  The restaurant owner who asked for 1-star Yelp reviews How one small business owner flipped the online review ecosystem on its head. https://thehustle.co/botto-bistro-1-star-yelp/ https://archive.fo/6TtJc Just like my boycott of Netflix, AMC and Disney for their boycotts of Georgia over Georgia's new abortion laws, Yelp needs a boycott BADLY, STOP USING YELP, they are bullshit anyway. Just like Amazon reviews, you really have to read to the bottom on Amazon to know what is going on there.