On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:00:04 -0600, Damaeus wrote:

> No wonder usenet is dying. Half the people reply with smart-assed
> remarks, and the other half reply with links to search engines or sites
> like the ones you pointed out. And I agree with Golden California Girls.
> Restaurant operators know about these sites, so chances are they create
> multiple accounts to give their own restaurants glowing reviews (some
> reviews sound like commercial advertisements) and a few write horrible
> reviews because they didn't get their drink refilled fast enough.

Its easy enough to tell to Yelp and Chow who's genuine and who just
created an account to plug themselves. It happens, it's rare, and
it's very obvious when it does happen.

-sw