Yelp Reviews and Google + reviews

[SEODinosaur]

After reading this SEOmoz thread http://www.seomoz.org/q/getting-reviews-to-stick-on-yelp-google I have learned that one cannot leave fake reviews because Google and yelp can see if the users are real by the user behavior. If one of your clients is happy with your service and they have never left a Google review or yelp review and you have them leave your company a review it will be filtered and not count.

Google’s +1 is fairly new and I am not sure if many users use it. IMO a user is much more likely to Facebook "Like" something. Same goes for Yelp, I feel like many local services don’t have a high enough search volume to benefit from these areas. If a company cannot have a satisfied customer leave a review on Google + or Yelp because they are not active enough on these networks, the company does not receive the credit they deserve.

I'm assuming SEOmoz has the contacts to make a change, well here is my idea: How about Yelp and Google + send a letter to the address of the review... (Same as a Google places listing, reviewer will receive letter and enter a pin number online to confirm review) this solves the issue and businesses can receive the credit they deserve.

In all fairness if a company does right by someone, the company deserves the review, right? Otherwise this should not be a ranking factor IMHO!

[SEODinosaur]

Did you read the thread I mentioned above?

[warnerdata]

I think there's a lot more in play then just if the user has only responded once.  I think the whole account will be looked at.  Do the reviews come in at random? Or, do 5 come in at once?  We've got a few clients with local accounts and are doing great with just a reviews from people who haven't reviewed anything before on Google.

For Google, we've never had a problem with reviews not sticking. I've never used Yelp before for the reviews though.