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I feel like I'm being scammed.
Me ^ | 6/7/2016 | The Louiswu

Posted on 06/07/2016 9:38:51 AM PDT by The Louiswu

I am being told by a representative of Yext.com that in order to change any of my business listings on the internet I have to PAY - that all of this information has been monetized and that information, even if I want to remove to is basically owned by someone else.

Is this true? Is there a way I can correct errors in my business info without paying an arm and a leg?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: computers; internet; webpage; website

1 posted on 06/07/2016 9:38:51 AM PDT by The Louiswu
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To: The Louiswu

Just create a new web page. Place a link on the old one that redirects to the new one.

After about 6 months the info on the old one will fall to page 2 or 3 of a Google search.

Very few people - if any will see the old information


2 posted on 06/07/2016 9:41:24 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I'm not a crank! I just act like one.)
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To: The Louiswu

https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.yext.com


3 posted on 06/07/2016 9:44:18 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: The Louiswu

search “yext scam” interesting reading


4 posted on 06/07/2016 9:47:30 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: The Louiswu
Check this link for Yext complaints with the Better Business Bureau.

Yext Complaints

5 posted on 06/07/2016 9:48:28 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Fai Mao; The Louiswu
Just create a new web page. Place a link on the old one that redirects to the new one.

If you are referring to your own web page, this is correct.

If you are referring to the multitude of sites that compile business information, just change the original source -- i.e. your listing at the phone company, or your business registration with your state. The aggregation sites collect this published info, and it will eventually update them.

To speed up the process, you can go to each individual site and submit a correction. This is all that Yext is doing for you, and charging you for it.

6 posted on 06/07/2016 9:57:23 AM PDT by justlurking
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To: The Louiswu

You can do for yourself anything that Yext would do. The question is how much your time and energy are worth to you.


7 posted on 06/07/2016 9:59:30 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

I’m willing and able to spend the time to make the corrections, but the process seems very convoluted and very confusing.


8 posted on 06/07/2016 10:03:17 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Yes, I am voting for Donald Trump.)
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To: mass55th

That’s a lot of complaints!

BTW, nice reference. I normally check with BBB before doing business, and this sort of information is why.


9 posted on 06/07/2016 10:08:33 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: The Louiswu
Hence why Yext exists. The problem is if they claim your business through Google (as paid manager), getting it back into your own control can be difficult, but certainly not impossible. Follow the direction on google’s page for your business as to how to do this. If it is unclaimed, just claim it yourself and save yourself some major headache.
10 posted on 06/07/2016 10:08:56 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Fai Mao

He’s talking about internet “yellow page” listings, not his own website. Those are private databases and they may charge you for a listing or to change a listing.

However, I wouldn’t worry too much about it, if you put up your own website for your business and get it ranked properly in the search engines, then everyone will get your contact info straight from you and only idiots will bypass that to get the incorrect info from “yellow page” websites.


11 posted on 06/07/2016 10:10:40 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: The Louiswu

try this


Here are the basic steps to get to the “fix it for free” button:
1. Search local.yahoo.com for your business.
2. Hover your mouse over your business on the left. The results on the right are what you’re looking for.
3. Click on “verify your listing,” right under the name of your business, where it asks “is this your business?”
4. Yahoo/Yext PowerListings will open, where it will send you to a “free business listing scan.”
5. What you need to do is go through the entire process as if your are purchasing one of their plans. At the end, after you have entered all your information, just under the “packages” in very small print, it will offer a “just fix Yahoo for free” link.
That is how we were able to fix our listing on Yahoo for free, without paying Yext.

http://www.localvisibilitysystem.com/2016/01/29/now-you-can-fix-your-yahoo-local-listing-without-paying-for-yext/


12 posted on 06/07/2016 10:13:29 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Boogieman

Not only have they pissed off customers like you, but they have pissed off Yext Certified Partners like me! What was once a great service to provide clients has now turned into a nightmare. I (and many others) have dropped our Yext partnerships.

What they have done is the epitome of what not to do unless you want to piss off your whole ecosystem of clients and partners.


13 posted on 06/07/2016 10:17:10 AM PDT by Free America52 (The White guys are getting pissed off. We beat Hitler Hirohito and Krushchev. Obama will be easy.)
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To: smokingfrog

“That is how we were able to fix our listing on Yahoo for free, without paying Yext.”

Unfortunately there are 100+ local citation directories you need to get listed on. That would be a nightmare to do manually for all directories.


14 posted on 06/07/2016 10:18:38 AM PDT by Free America52 (The White guys are getting pissed off. We beat Hitler Hirohito and Krushchev. Obama will be easy.)
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To: smokingfrog

Thank you


15 posted on 06/07/2016 10:20:24 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Yes, I am voting for Donald Trump.)
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To: The Louiswu

Yes. It is owned by me.

All payments are to me.

Cash only.


16 posted on 06/07/2016 10:27:22 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: The Louiswu

google is a quick and easy way to find out about obvious scams like this one:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Yext.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=Yext.com+scam


17 posted on 06/07/2016 11:42:08 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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