article_snippet.sent: Kaylie Milliken started investigating company a year ago, when Kaylie Milliken went to see Kaylie Milliken doctor, who started talking about Kaylie Milliken negative experiences being listed on Yelp. '
article_snippet.sent: And then Kaylie Milliken received a review where the client listed ailments about themsel[f] that Kaylie Milliken had never seen before, and this was the day after Kaylie Milliken had gotten off the phone with someone from Yelp,' Kaylie Milliken told International Business Times.
article_snippet.sent: On the contrary, Yelp says CNBC algorithm protects businesses, by weeding out potentially fraudulent posts seeking to boost a company's rating or drag it down.
article_snippet.sent: As a result, only about 75 per cent of posts are approved for posting on the site while the rest remain in a partially-hidden 'filtered reviews' section on each businesses' page. '
article_snippet.sent: Because businesses have attempted to manipulate businesses ratings and those of businesses competitors by trying to post fake reviews, we have to protect consumers and honest businesses by preventing this behavior.
article_snippet.sent: The next month One company went from five stars to four stars, and then three stars.
article_snippet.sent: In these business owners CNBC talk, Eis also accused Milliken of having a conflict of interest, since Milliken had created several Yelp accounts to write fake reviews of businesses - including Milliken husband's law practice.
article_snippet.sent: Daily Mail Online reached out to Yelp for evidence of the allegedly fake reviews Milliken wrote, and Yelp sent screen grabs that show several accounts tied to the filmmaker and the fact that Milliken commented on Milliken husband's business page.
article_snippet.sent: While the 5-star reviews appear to be dated in 2011 (before Milliken says Milliken started working on the documentary), Yelp did not provide copies of the actual reviews.