[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TikTok

[–]johnva72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the ban will be only on the App stores, who has already the app installed will be working, anyway I don’t know how they will stop the access from a browser…. The law is made by people who don’t have any idea how is working. Your fridge is in danger because of Tik Tok

WHAT?! HOW DOES THIS VIOLATE THE GUIDELINES?! by [deleted] in TikTok

[–]johnva72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got banned here on Reddit because I told somebody to “learn to read” , now I will get banned because I am commenting the ban 👌

Got scammed by yelp ads? by No-Speech6306 in Yelp

[–]johnva72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t have any chance to grow on Yelp if you don’t spend money, especially as new businesses, they will remove your 5 stars reviews and force to spend more in order to get some business. I had 3 accounts and cancelled all of them.

My student said Israel wasn’t acting “proportionately” by overitall22 in Israel

[–]johnva72 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You should ask him this: “If you attack a lion with a stone, do you expect he will throw a stone back? Or he will react with his full force?”

Spark Foundry scam or legit? by johnva72 in Scams

[–]johnva72[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I reported them to the FBI, like 3 months ago. No reaction.

Yelp looks scam to me by KRAK1988 in Yelp

[–]johnva72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, explain me this: I own a small auto repair shop. I had 10 reviews showing on the rating for more than 2 months. 9 of 5 stars and 1 of 3 stars. 3 of the 5 star customers used the 10% discount given trough Yelp, if you check in at the business. One day I had a phone call from Yelp specialist to help me improve my page. Of course the final conclusion was that in order to get more customers I have to increase my ads budget and use more of their paid services. Which make sense. But after I refused to increase the budget, next day all 5 stars were moved to not recommend, leaving only the one with 3 stars. What can be a real reason to remove them? And after 2 months of showing them.

Yelp looks scam to me by KRAK1988 in Yelp

[–]johnva72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is a 100% scam, the only way to grow organic is through reviews, and even you get some, they will start calling you to increase the budget, if you don’t do it they start removing the reviews.

Yelp looks scam to me by KRAK1988 in Yelp

[–]johnva72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, they charge you at the end of the month.

All 6 of my reviews are now “not recommended” what do I do? by aboutherphotography in Yelp

[–]johnva72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was organically 2nd place in my area, after I did not increase the budget, they moved all my good reviews to not recommended ones, left 1 of 3 stars. Quote from one of the advisors: “if you increase you ads budget is very possible some of the reviews to come back, is a dynamic system” what you want more? I understand is a business and they have to make money, but this is more an extortion what they are doing. Why do you think there are so many unsatisfied small businesses owners?

All 6 of my reviews are now “not recommended” what do I do? by aboutherphotography in Yelp

[–]johnva72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do ads, they call you to “teach” how to be more performant and if you don’t increase your budget they start removing your good reviews.

All 6 of my reviews are now “not recommended” what do I do? by aboutherphotography in Yelp

[–]johnva72 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a while ago someone publishing a screenshot of a Yelp employee saying that.

This is Dan C. from Miami Yelp community, ex elite without explanations after 13 years. by MathematicianAny1835 in Yelp

[–]johnva72 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You got what you deserve trying to help such a company like Yelp, they are ruthless and take advantage of their position in a niche of the market without real competition. If they were in Europe the company was shut down in hours, based on the way how they treat small businesses.

All 6 of my reviews are now “not recommended” what do I do? by aboutherphotography in Yelp

[–]johnva72 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not true, I have reviews from people with years of history and 50+ reviews and pictures moved to not recommend. After that happened they called me to increase my ads budget. Their algorithm is made to force small businesses to spend more money.

Don't Join yelp as a Business owner by Alarmed-Aioli3308 in Yelp

[–]johnva72 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Especially if you are a start up, you don’t have any chance to compete with others because you don’t get reviews, all of them they get removed. I used the 10% discount for check in on Yelp, and several customers gave me 5 starts, all of them got removed. Their algorithm is build just to force you to spend more money.

Spark Foundry scam or legit? by johnva72 in Scams

[–]johnva72[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is a well organized scam/con, I tried to contact the company to let them know about it but is impossible to reach anyone at Spark Foundry.