Is Yelp a Scam? - Negative Comment Tracker

Over 1,750 negative comments...
Looking to see more of what people are saying? Not even counting the over 1,000 negative comments on Yelp iteself, here are yet more places where you can read what people are saying about Yelp. It's not pretty.. Oh, and look at this ridiculousness. How can Yelp claim 3.5 rating when their own new ratings are trending at (eyeballing here...but it sure isn't a stretch) a 2.0? Did we miss any? Let us know please!
Site	Link	Negative Comments
Yelp comments	http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-san-francisco (as of 07-02-11)	1318
CustomerService Numbers.com	http://customerservicenumbers.com/co-yelp-customer-service	200+
East Bay Express	http://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/yelp-and-the-business-of-extortion-20/Content?oid=1176635	104
SFGate	http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/BUFU11IP6J.DTL	64
Complaints Board	http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/yelpcom-c156716.html	35
The Consumerist	http://consumerist.com/2009/03/more-business-owners-accuse-yelp-of-review-extortion.html...	33
Deep Thoughts by Raymond Fong	http://www.raymondfong.net/misc/a-candid-yelp-advertising-review-is-yelp-ripping-people-off/	31
The Register	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/yelp_sales_pitch/	28
CBS 5	http://cbs5.com/business/yelp.business.complaints.2.820867.html#addComments	26
The Wall Street Journal	http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/20/yelp-disputes-extortion-story/	24
Pro Commerce	http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/07/the-yelp-mess.html	21
Topix.com	http://www.topix.com/forum/burlingame/T8C2PMUTRST3C6BCT#comments	17
SF Eater	http://sf.eater.com/archives/2009/09/30/the_life_and_times_of_kozy_kar_bar...	17
The Daily Californian	http://www.dailycal.org/article/104263/web_site_s_advertising_practices_criticized	14
Gawker.com	http://gawker.com/5398244/yelps-lost-chance-to-prevent-a-brawl	10
MercuryNews.com	http://forums.mercurynews.com/topic/obrien-yelp-controversy-is-a-digital-culture-clash	7
SFist	http://sfist.com/2009/09/16/yelp_shakedown_humphry_slocombe.php	7
Marketing Pilgrim	http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/02/yelp-extortion-true-or-false.html	7
Minger.net	http://www.minger.net/2007/11/22/yelp-battles-supporters-of-the-meier-family/	7
The Washington Times	http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/23/social-web-sites-ethics-questioned/	5
SF Weekly.com	http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/03/they_hate_us_on_yelp_and_want.php	5
Universal Hub	http://www.universalhub.com/node/24849	5
psfk	http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/getting-yelped-and-fighting-back.html	5
GetSatisfaction.com	http://getsatisfaction.com/yelp/topics/un_yelp_my_business	4
East Bay Express	http://techstartups.blogspot.com/2009/03/east-bay-express-yelp-extortion-part-2.html	4
Tech Vibes	http://www.techvibes.com/blog/vancouver-coffee-blogger-gets-kicked-off-yelp	4
Marshall Kirkpatrick	http://marshallk.com/is-yelp-deleting-bad-reviews-for-money-i-have-no-idea	4
Blogging Censorship	http://ncacblog.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/more-yelping-about-yelp-lawsuits/	4
SF Weekly.com	http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/11/is_yelp_extorting_san_fran_bus.php	3
Bmighty.com	http://bmighty.informationweek.com/...	3
Ripoff Report	http://www.ripoffreport.com/Websites/Yelp-com/yelp-com-good-reviews-only-ple-34525.htm	3
Tech Dirt	http://techdirt.com/article.php?sid=20090113/2207453397&op=sharethis	2
Los Angeles Tech culture	http://lalawag.com/foursquare-disregard-yelp-acquire-currency/	2
CBS 5	http://cbs5.com/wrapper_consumer/seenon/Yelp.Internet.ratings.2.787400.html...	1
Ny News and Features	http://nymag.com/news/business/bigmoney/58046/	1
PC World	http://www.pcworld.com/article/159839/is_yelp_manipulating_user_reviews.html	1
Chow	http://www.chow.com/blog/2008/07/free-food-or-ill-yelp/	1