Yelp reviews contain more content than any other service, whereas most google reviews I read that have anything more than a star rating come from illiterate or barely-literate foreign reviewers. My wife had a time period when every one of her reviews on yelp was flagged even though she put a ton of effort into her writing, whereas I never had a problem. Their spam&#x2F;business-owner detection system catches a lot of false-positives, but that doesn&#x27;t make the ones that <i>do</i> make it through necessarily worse. Verifying an email address and linking with facebook (although not necessary), and having friends helps reviews on yelp not get auto-flagged.<p>I usually dive into reviews and see what people are saying, not just go by a star rating. It adds to the hilarity when you read a 1-star review for a restaurant because they &quot;are scumbags who serve lion&quot; (actually, a menu item had <i>dandelions</i> on the side) or because someone drove by and saw a balkan restaurant &quot;roasting a dog on a stick&quot; (actually, it was lamb, but I had a great laugh).