reputation economy http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/reputation-economy The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en Yelp Lets Businesses Yelp Back http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/anya-kamenetz/green-day/yelp-lets-businesses-yelp-back <!--paging_filter--><p> <img class="center" src="/files/imagecache/panoramic_image/files/next-53-yelp1.jpg" alt="Yelp founders Russel Simmons, left, and Jeremy Stoppelman, with Darwin" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/anya-kamenetz/green-day/yelp-lets-businesses-yelp-back">read more</a></p> yelp Jeremy Stoppelman reputation economy web 2.0 businesses reviews user reviews Innovation Technology Design Ethonomics Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:40:32 -0400 Anya Kamenetz 1263069 at http://www.fastcompany.com Yelp Accused of Shaking Down Restaurants http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/anya-kamenetz/green-day/yelp-accused-shaking-down-restaurants <p>A few months ago, I wrote about the travails of user-submitted review site <a href="http://www.yelp.com/" target="_new">Yelp.</a> Now there are new <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/yelp_and_the_business_of_extortion_2_0/Content?oid=927491&amp;showFullText=true" target="_new">accusations</a> that the site is running a protection racket to try to sell advertising.</p> <p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/anya-kamenetz/green-day/yelp-accused-shaking-down-restaurants">read more</a></p> web 2.0 ethics reputation economy Innovation Technology Design Ethonomics Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:13:12 -0500 Anya Kamenetz 1172679 at http://www.fastcompany.com The Perils and Promise of the Reputation Economy http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/131/on-the-internet-everyone-knows-youre-a-dog.html <!--paging_filter--><p><strong>Beware of dogs.</strong> That's the threat (to business owners) and the promise (to consumers) as reviews and ratings proliferate online, spreading from sites like Amazon and eBay to Target and Office Depot. There's even a generation of opinion-based startups, such as Yelp for local businesses, TripAdvisor for travel, and Urbanspoon for restaurants.</p><p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/131/on-the-internet-everyone-knows-youre-a-dog.html">read more</a></p> Office Depot Amazon eBay Target customer reviews Clay Shirky urbanspoon tripadvisor reputation economy yelp Here Comes Everybody Technology Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:39 -0500 Anya Kamenetz 1093675 at http://www.fastcompany.com