Yelp Changes Review Filtering, Tries to be More Transparent

Yelp, a web-based service that lets consumers review or browse reviews of local businesses, is making feature changes to fight claims of manipulated reviews. These changes fall on the heels of a class-action lawsuit based on claims that some Yelp representatives coerced business owners to advertise by manipulating the ordering and thus visibility of negative reviews. Some business owners have even claimed that Yelp even hired people to write negative reviews in the first place.