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There are three kinds of review site:

1. The ones unable to effectively police shills and spam. I'd put Google in that bucket.

2. Those that turn a wilful blind eye to review fraud, as long as they boost sales, like Amazon

3. Those like Yelp or Glassdoor whose entire business model is built around extortion and a protection racket ("nice business you have here, it would be a shame if a bad review happened to it. Unless you buy ads with us, of course").



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