{"id":1383,"date":"2018-06-14T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seofirst.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2018-06-14T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:08:35","slug":"how-does-yelps-solicitation-penalty-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seofirst.com\/index.php\/local-search\/how-does-yelps-solicitation-penalty-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Yelp&#8217;s Solicitation Penalty Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seofirst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/yelp-smudge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seofirst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/yelp-smudge.jpg\" alt=\"Yelp Logo Smudged\" width=\"620\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seofirst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/yelp-smudge.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.seofirst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/yelp-smudge-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yelp announced on November 06, 2017 that businesses should not work with reputation management or review solicitation companies.<\/p>\n<p>Yelp had stated, \u201cWe\u2019ve been vocal about Yelp\u2019s policy against asking for or soliciting reviews: don\u2019t do it. Long story short, soliciting reviews leads to biased content, and Yelp\u2019s priority is to encourage quality content that best reflects the opinions of the Yelp community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They go onto say that they have started to actively demote businesses in their search results that show indications that reputation management companies have engaged in organized review solicitation on the client\u2019s behalf. Yelp also says they have been actively engaging in educating both consumers and businesses on the merits of unbiased reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Once a business has been demoted, the way to get their rankings back is to first stop engaging in the process of asking for reviews and second they can submit a Compliance Verification form when logged into their Yelp account.<\/p>\n<p>If the business complies, Yelp will remove the penalty in about 30 &#8211; 45 days. If they don\u2019t comply within the first 90 days of the warning period, then the penalty may last indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>So, to recap, just say \u201cNo\u201d to engaging in solicited reviews for Yelp. And if you do, then stop and clean up your mess quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelpblog.com\/2017\/11\/businesses-not-work-review-solicitation-companies\">https:\/\/www.yelpblog.com\/2017\/11\/businesses-not-work-review-solicitation-companies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/how-does-yelps-review-solicitation-penalty-work-299893\">https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/how-does-yelps-review-solicitation-penalty-work-299893<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yelp announced on November 06, 2017 that businesses should not work with reputation management or review solicitation companies. Yelp had stated, \u201cWe\u2019ve been vocal about Yelp\u2019s policy against asking for or soliciting reviews: don\u2019t do it. Long story short, soliciting reviews leads to biased content, and Yelp\u2019s priority is to encourage quality content that best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-search"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yelp announced on November 06, 2017 that businesses should not work with reputation management or review solicitation companies or their sites will be demoted.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin Kantola\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"2OLu8NI9rIHB2UFMSNkzfWkrq4teDUOC_z9srG7HgMI\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" 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