{"id":20421,"date":"2013-08-13T15:40:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T22:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content26.com\/?p=20421"},"modified":"2017-02-14T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T19:19:25","slug":"use-your-content-not-your-cash-to-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/blog\/use-your-content-not-your-cash-to-compete\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Your Content, Not Your Cash, To Compete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last October, <strong>Yelp<\/strong> launched their consumer alerts program to address mounting concerns about fraudulent customer reviews. Yesterday, the site <a title=\"Letting you know before you spend your dough\" href=\"http:\/\/officialblog.yelp.com\/2013\/08\/yelp-consumer-alerts-letting-you-know-before-you-spend-your-dough.html\" target=\"_blank\">posted a new round of alerts<\/a> that include links to evidence of attempts to game the system on the pages of a few businesses. Here&#8217;s what they look like:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20427\" alt=\"yelp\" src=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yelp.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yelp.png 550w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yelp-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yelp-440x196.png 440w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/yelp-462x206.png 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For better (and more ethical) ways to compete in in online retail, check out Econsultancy&#8217;s advice to niche e-commerce sites. 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