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Our verdict: When using services from Yext with a poor resolution rate, be vigilant. Understand the common pitfalls other customers have faced. Prepare thoroughly for any interactions with their customer service, and consider alternative solutions if your issues are not addressed satisfactorily.
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Yext money grubbing lowlife turds

5 years ago I moved my business to a new location across the country. At that time I was able to contact every search engine on the web and update my business info without difficulty. These [censored] have blocked that ability in the name of greed! I've moved again and when I tried to update this time, I am presented with the only option. Pay the greedy b4stards for doing something I can do myself. Or at least I used to be able to do that.
Hey at least my phone number is correct and some of the search engines haven't signed on with this piece of [censored] company so i'm still doing business without interruption.

Yext is a worthless greedy piece of [censored]!

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I had a company called YEXT - a so called geo cloud online marketing company call me and I mean call me several times bugging me to get on board with their services. I just opened my business and they pretty much took control over all of my company information! Phished my email and apple account as well. They duplicated a facebook page of my business which I can not access or remove from facebook! When you search for my business on google it shows the fake facebook page instead of the page I administrate! This company needs to be looked into by the FBI or whoever! Since getting set up with them I have had nothing but problems with all of my online accounts! Do not do service with this company! BEWARE OF YEXT services! A TOTAL SCAM!

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Yext false charges and false sales

Was contacted by Yext Power listings a year ago, was told they optimize our web site on numerous search engines including Google -
They said they would clean up miss information - Our site was still showing us in a old location - They said they would fix that issue also.

So We Paid them $ 499.99
About a month or so Afterwards - I contacted them because the Search still shows our location at the old address, I was then told I had to do the corrections, they gave me the companies to contact but they did not do the work it was my responsibility. I requested a refund, they declined stating it was in a disclosure that we never received.

Then on October 15th 2013 they automatically billed me again. I called Yext and spoke to the customer service, The woman stated that this was an automatic Renewal and they would pro rate the credit. I told her we told them last year when we requested a refund and stated to cancel the service back them, they declined the refund, but stated it was not going to be renewed.

They woman stated there was no record of this and that it could only be prorated.
So THIS COMPANY IS NOTHING BUT A SCAM SERVICE

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Yext this is a bad company, and very unethical

This company, yext inc., forces a business to pay for a year of service to remove incorrect information from all their partnered sites. - that's extortion, pure and simple, because the links to fix it go to them, instead of the actual site the incorrect info shows on. - and yext doesn't give you control to change the info unless you pay them - they have three links on their partnered sites, for creating, changing, and claiming a website listing. - if you don't pay for a years worth of their "service" you are not allowed to change or remove any of the incorrect info. - I never put anything on any of the sites they partner with, but my incorrect business phone number showed, and I can't remove it, and yext says they can't either, unless I buy an account, instead of just asking their "partner site" to remove it free - their partner, yellowmoxie.com doesn't want to remove it either, when I asked them. I have an abuse complaint pending, with their isp providers... I'll next go to the fcc,... The bbb.org site rates yext "c minus"... Not surprising.!... :-)... This is a bad company, and very unethical... So, it seems, yellowmoxie.com is too... Stay away...!... Maybe all the yext partnered sites are as bad too, if they let this happen.

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EduardoG
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Jan 28, 2016 10:36 am EST
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I noticed that Yext had my business listed (without my consent) with the wrong phone number. When I filled out the form to correct it, it came up with a required charge of nearly $500 to do so. I did not continue with the process, and yet, the next day one of their representatives called me to try and get money from me to correct the number. Isn't that extortion?

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Ploote
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Mar 26, 2012 3:19 am EDT

I hate that their partner sites force you to pay them to fix incorrectly displayed data. I can't believe that is legal.

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jim232
Memphis, US
Aug 18, 2013 2:45 pm EDT

CAUTION! I used Yext.com by providing my business number and ran a scan. Fine, I saw that my address was incorrect in some places and correct in others. Then I went about my business... About 15 minutes later, I get a call from [protected]. I answer. It's a hyperactive New Yorker on the other end who says to me: "Hey! I see that you just used our site to run a scan. Is there anything I can do for you today?" I said, "No, I didn't think you would be calling." He said "Why, did I catch you at a bad time?" (It was a Saturday night around 10:15 PM, by the way.) I said yes. He said he would call back on Monday. I said "No, please don't call." He said "Well, why were you using our web site?" I told him I won't use it again and he said "Sir, anyone is free to use our site, I am just trying to see if you would like to purchase one of our address services." I said "No thanks" and hung up. You've got to be polite to these cretins because they have your business number and address... I was very turned off by this tactic, the business model (asking for businesses to conduct a "search" using their phone number then calling them to upsell!), and the annoying person who called me.

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A2Photo
Ann Arbor, US
Mar 03, 2013 8:03 am EST

It make sense... this is extorsion

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Yext taken money under false pretenses

When yext powerlisting, e-mailed me. they implied that for $225.00 they would put me ahead in powerlisting on numerous search engines! As they said it was done I start receiveing e-mails and numerous phone calls from the search engines I had Paid to add my website and company to the same sites asking repeatedly for more money, and that yext dosn't do nothing! Today I am on a website and yext powerlisting popped up and said let us check which search engines are being maximized, so I entered my company's info and up pop's the same search engines I paid a month ago, Had no listing that yext powerlisting was paid for one year of help! To me this is against the law, And I Request actions, or a Refund! Thank You Paul Madary 4 Seasons Property Maintenance [protected]

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Feb 04, 2012 5:49 pm EST

Yext Powerlistings Has Fixed/Corrected all of my Problems!

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Ahmed C
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Mar 05, 2012 6:03 pm EST
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This is correct and I have confirmed it YEXT.COM Power Listings is a sort of entrapment. That is why they want you to pay one year in advance because one you know what they are doing or should I say what happens after the 12 months - everything you paid for, updated through there site will be deleted and they own the the data and account. BUYER BEWARE!

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Alonso Randall
Temecula, US
Feb 11, 2012 3:30 pm EST

Yext is a scam or a waste of money. Scam because once you pay them, they say you own your local listing data. Truth is they own it and when you cancel, they delete it. That's entrapment and makes them a scam in anyone's book. Also, if you already put your listings into their small number of directories without them, then they cannot take ownership and you just wasted your money. Plus they are over priced and Do Not include Google Places. The MOST important listing yet.

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Yext false charges for listings not done!

I paid $225.00 for Listings on numerous search engingines that was not made! The search Engines were contacting Me asking if I would like to upgrade my listings which I had paid to have done! Now yext powerlistings is asking for more money to list my site on the same sites I had paid them less than 2 months ago! Me getting scammed is Not right, I deserve a Refund! PAUL MADARY

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SamRobertsPlumbing
Anderson, US
Mar 29, 2012 3:38 pm EDT

Yext is using other names to perpetrate this scam. I was contacted by a Yext employee under the guise of PlumberNearYou.Com Where they misrepresented an agreement between my company and theirs. I was given 2 phone numbers to contact them and neither number worked that day. The 1st day I spoke with them, I tried to log in and did not agree with the terms required to be checked off to log into their system. After failing to contact them by phone, I sent an email to the sales rep and forwarded the email to their support telling them I wanted my business removed from their system and do not expect to see any charges from them on my credit card. It took almost 2 weeks and numerous phone calls to get them to cancel my account. They did so.. After charging me $120.00 for unproductive calls they claim were sent through their system. Three people wanting free estimates, one was for a service I don't even provide and the forth was an accounting firm soliciting my business. Even though I told them the first day to cancel my account, they suckered $120.00 from me. It is a scam. I already have free listings on all the sites they claimed to list my business on. I filed a dispute with VISA and am trying to file a complaint with the BBB in both Indiana and New York where they are located. Please run from these unethical business practices. I feel stupid for giving them my credit card information in the first place.

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Alonso Randall
Temecula, US
Feb 11, 2012 3:25 pm EST

Yext has a model that is supposed to own your data and if you ever cancel, you lose that data. So you don't own your local listings, they do. It's entrapment. Yext is a scam.

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6:32 pm EDT

Yext they really charged me $30 for every junk call and refused to refund me

Their promise was to advertise my business and charge me for phone calls to my business that really generated business. They monitored phone calls coming from their advertising, charged me $30 for every phone call asking about hours of operation or customers checking on their work orders. They say that they have software that detects and filters junk calls. They really charged me $30 for every junk call and refused to refund me. My bill: $390 for 13 junk calls. Total Scam Beware.

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Yext bad billing, no respose from yext

Got calls completely outside of my area of work. Called and sent emails to both the account manager and Yext Support, about the calls prior to the next billing cycle. Received no response. The billing cycle came due and Yext charged us for these calls. Again I send emails to the account manager, Yext Support and made phone calls asking what they would do with the calls charges, , again no response. Finally we sent anther email to all and called again telling Yext that if they could not respond prior to a certain date to cancel all accounts. Yext did not respond but instead canceled the accounts. At that point we had no choice but to file with the NYC BBB against Yext. Still it took two request from the BBB to get a response out of Yext. They refunded the call charges. However when I called to have the accounts reactivated, Yext informed me that the accounts were not eligible to reactivate because I had requested them canceled and they had to issue a refund. I reminded them that it was their failure to act that caused the accounts to be canceled, and we had to file a complaint to get any response out of Yext.. It took a two months to get a simple response form Yext. Stay away form them.

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Yext horrible customer service - scam

Yext services when I started with them were direct and understandable. I was able to get credit for their pay to call service. I get an invoice listen to the calls that came in and note down which where fake, solicitors, wrong numbers, etc. It was easy I would call in or use their website. No problems for a year. I then started getting calls that were not only wrong numbers but totally out of the scope of my region and my doctors office. They denied credit stating that they no longer provide credit for calls that were made. How the HELL do you not give credit to your customer for legitimate complaints. I wasnt pulling them out of thin air. Their customer service was not providing any at all. Finally the only solution that a supervisor, Kennan, could give me was credit for a year for maintenance. What the hell do I want a freakin $10 credit for 12 months, when I was dinged for over $700. Their quality of service is ridiculous!

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Tiffer's Upholstery LLC
Rio Linda, US
Oct 26, 2014 1:44 pm EDT

I recently lost my visibility on the internet. The drop in viability started in May 2014. When Yelp and Yahoo emerged. I not only lost 15 Yahoo reviews . Which were 5 + star ratings... My visabilty score was effected . The phone stopped ringing I actually though for months it was my magic jack and telephone. The online estimates stopped shortly right after. I was speechless. This is a twenty year old business. I have a web site hosted by Yahoo. I pay Yext powerlisting to do what . It seems to me that if search engines are know using backlinks and reviews why would yext continue to sale software that not up to date or something.

This is an expense to business owners that could off been elimated if customer service would off suggested my options. Instead selling and not looking out for the consumer which is their customer.. when I contacted them telling them my issues as a paying customer. I'm lost and ready to revert back to old school advertizing. Think about the $ that I could off saved...

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misterright2010
Thomaston, US
Jun 03, 2014 12:03 pm EDT

I signed up for essential service which would put my company on Yahoo, Bing and Facebook. I have a contracting company so my personal address is not valid for me because I go to the customers locations where I work. Without releasing it though, Bing won't put me on their search list at all.
Using Yahoo- when I search for the category for what I do and the areas I service, I could not find myself in any of those search engines unless its my own a town that I live in; even then, finding my business in my own town had me listed # 28 with people from other towns listed before me.
Bottom line I had so much trouble finding my own self, I now understood why I haven't received any business calls in the months I was signed up with YEXT. (ps -Their answer was to call Bing and talk to them about their policy-I was figuring Bing was represented by the Yext company I signed up for.)

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Amanda (Avon)
Banning, US
May 07, 2013 1:17 pm EDT
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I purchased their advertising program and it has been over a month and I still can not up load pictures to my account. They do not provide a contact number anywhere on their back office site so I am stuck with the program for a year with no refund. Talk about 600.00 of a waste. Don't buy into their products. They have awful customer service and I have not created any leads from their advertising. It has been 4 months! I do; however, get countless calls for people wanting to sell me something or offer me business deals over seas. NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. If I had plenty of extra money I wouldn't be looking for inexpensive ways to advertise. Geeezzzz!

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Yext tampering with advertising - fraud scam

Yext is a complete scam. Here is their latest pillaging... They are changing existing customers' business phone numbers in free web listings (that the customer created) to their $8 per call phone numbers.

They claim that they have this "right" to change your existing listings (to their phone number) if you are enrolled in their "partner network." Of course, they default enroll you and you don't know this until you check a web listing and see it isn't your phone number (or you've received an astronomical bill).

So, if you're a customer of theirs and you've spent a lot of time building an Internet presence on your own, they are going around behind you and changing your direct phone number to one of their trackable (and charged) numbers.

What a total scam these guys are running. Call them up - they operate out of a NYC boiler room. Listen to the high-pressure sales pitch and maybe you'll even hear the hoots and hollers of a "salesman" beating down another client (like I did - the guy had to mute his phone).

If you want to get fleeced, this is the firm that will do it to you. Stay away - YEXT = FRAUD + SCAM.

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Scottmann
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Jun 05, 2016 1:16 am EDT

Yes, fraudulent, monopolized scam. They create directory listings of companies that are incorrect. Good SEO practice dictates accurate listings for better SEO. They make it impossible to correct the listings unless you join, pay money, and agree to their terms. They will even change your address information on directories that you created. For example, I create a business Manta profile. Manta is now in business with Yext. So now, Yext/Manta changed my business listing address making it incorrect on purpose. They have done this before to me. Now there's a new listing on city search with the correct address but, absolutely wrong name. Absolutely fraudulent. I am all in for a Class Action Suit.

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Jose Cedillo
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Apr 13, 2016 12:09 pm EDT

This exact thing happened to me with yelp. Everything you mentioned the change of number to there own. I created my web page they would take pictures adds of mine and put it on there site as if they did the work. Yelp sucks and now that i was going to pay another 500 for yext i see this. Thank you so much for your honesty and having the courage to pin point these fradulant people.

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Yext total scam, beware

Their promise was to advertise my business and charge me for phone calls to my business that actually generated business. They monitored phone calls coming from their advertising, charged me $30 for every phone call asking about hours of operation or customers checking on their work orders. They say that they have software that detects and filters junk calls. They actually charged me $30 for every junk call and refused to refund me. My bill: $390 for 13 junk calls. Total Scam Beware.

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Nasser Abunab
Southgate, US
Jul 27, 2010 9:27 pm EDT
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They credited me with $240 that was used towards monthly service. Customer rep. was professional.

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Yext fraud

Total Scam ! Beware ! ROGUE BUSINESS. Their promise was to generate leads and business. Monitor phone calls to our business that come from their advertizing, charge us for calls that actually generated business. They charged us $390 for 13 phone calls of people asking about hours of operation and if we are open. They also have legal scam artists working for them that credit card companies can't refute.
BEWARE. Wonder why federal law enforcement agencies do not go after this company ?

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Jan 03, 2011 6:21 am EST

Please do not let this company scam you. The nice professionals and the rude attendants have nothing of value to offer. DO NOT GET TRAPPED.

Update by Nasser Abunab
Jul 27, 2010 10:41 pm EDT

Its pretty obvious that who ever subscribes to the pay per phone call service will be taken. I do not like to see other people trapped by this company. No matter how professional the customer service managers are, the service being sold is a scam. They need to sell something of real value to customers. If total income from yext calls is $290 and $230 is paid to yext ! Then you are working for them. I wish I did some homework before giving them my credit card info. I got trapped twice now and shame on me.

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Jul 27, 2010 9:23 pm EDT

They fixed the problem and credited me $240 that was used towards subscribing to monthly service. Customer rep. was professional.

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CtrlZComputerRepair
Monticello, US
Aug 09, 2010 4:38 pm EDT

I recently opened a computer repair business and received a call from them after only two months of being open. The call happened while I was closed, and the message that was left seemed very professional and promising. Then, after a quick Google search which turned up pages of negative experiences with them, I decided not to give them a call back. A week later they call back with the same sales pitch, and I calmly and politely explain that I researched their company and was only able to find negative information, so I'm going to pass on their services. The sales rep then just said "You need to learn how to run a business.", and then abruptly hung up. It seems to me that a legitimate company would try and defend their practices rather than resulting to personal insults.

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wefixcomputers
Dallas, US
Jul 27, 2010 5:25 pm EDT
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They state clearly that you will be charged for any phone call relating to your business. I was actually rather pleased that my first month I received 13 phone calls, and generated $290 of income while only spending $230 with Yext. Advertising is all about getting someone through that door the first time, then treating them well enough that they will come back again and send others to you!

Yext is in no way a scam.

I am not employed by Yext or affiliated with them in any way.

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Yext fake calls

They sell you a product with fake calls making an appointment and never show up to the appointment, they make sure for a period of one month they have another personnel calling the office just to make a fake appointment they tape the call they charge the call for $40 to $60 dollars but the patient never shows up a total scam be aware the Chiropractic community in South Florida

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Yext ripoff... rude

update...after Yext read my posting the called me to patch things up.
They refunded some of the charges which impressed me.
The customer service person actually was very helpful...unfortunately a bit too late..

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Bill's Glass & Windshields
Medford, US
Jan 06, 2011 12:07 am EST
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Had Yext do some market analysis for us and I still can't get rid of their bogus phone numbers. 1st of the numbers is to a detail shop “Advanced auto Detailing in Grants Pass” in a neighboring town that had used Yext, 2nd one is to a computer repair shop here in town that is currently using Yext, the 3rd is a unsolicited phone number, 4th is to a local taxi company that is using Yext. I have contacted the search engines that are posting these phone numbers and claimed them as owner and have tried to change the Info. But they won’t change them Yahoo Local, Yellowbot and InfUSA. I had no problems with MerchantCircle, Yelp, YP.com or any of the other search engines this has been a long drawn out procedure to regain my web presents. Sorry almost forgot to say why we left Yex they stated out $30.00-$50.00/ month then as one of the others had said they took over all of the web presents we had already owned and put their numbers in this stated to be come a $500.00-$700.00 a month bill and their process to reject repeat callers and established accounts became a full time job. I would highly recommend running the other way if Yext calls you!
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NYCThieves
Ithaca, US
Aug 13, 2010 6:20 pm EDT

Yext is a complete scam. Here is their latest pillaging... They are changing existing business' phone numbers in free web listings to their $8 per call phone numbers. So, if you've spent a lot of time building an Internet presence, they are going around behind you and changing your direct phone number to one of their trackable (and charged) numbers.

What a toatal scam these guys are running. Call them up - they operate out of a NYC boiler room. Listen to the high-pressure sales pitch and maybe you'll even hear the hoots and hollers of a "salesman" beating down another client.

If you want to get fleeced, this is the firm that will do it to you. Stay away - YEXT = FRAUD + SCAM.

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Nasser Abunab
Southgate, US
Jul 23, 2010 12:33 am EDT
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Ripp OFFS - RUDE

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Dsadeh
North Hollywood, US
Jul 13, 2010 12:43 am EDT

Had the same experience with YEXT.

They lied on the phone when they sold me the service. They said I will not need to pay if the call will not turn into revenue.

Total Scam, Lies and thieves.

Watch out! stay away.

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Yext fraud - scam

Yext is a total scam. They lie when they sign you up! They say they are rank #1 within google, yahoo ect.. Under keywords computer repair. There salesman informed me that I would only be charged when a lead generated actual revenue and not billed for people shopping for service. I so far have been billed for 2 calls $60.00 dollars - that lead to nothing beside me being billed (Out $60)!

I called to despitute the charges, I was told that I will be billed anyway's.

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Jul 28, 2017 10:39 pm EDT
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Yext did the same thing to my local Yahoo search listings in greenwood Indiana... then when I try to correct it I'm giving the number in New York City and of course yext is wanting money to change back. They are worthless pieces of [censor] and I hope they get what's coming to them .

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yext
Austin, US
Feb 24, 2014 12:38 pm EST

wow these people been hounding me and from reading the complaints i guess they lost me! When called again i will bring up and read the complaints toward t them and see what response or lie or crazy pitch they will have

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Richard1232000
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Oct 04, 2010 8:47 pm EDT

I had the same problem. I was registerd with city search, yahoo, and a bunch of listings they changed all my phone numbers and information. I am still working on that. I am not paying them a cent.

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NYCThieves
Ithaca, US
Aug 13, 2010 6:18 pm EDT

Yext is a complete scam. Here is their latest pillaging... They are changing existing business' phone numbers in free web listings to their $8 per call phone numbers. So, if you've spent a lot of time building an Internet presence, they are going around behind you and changing your direct phone number to one of their trackable (and charged) numbers.

What a toatal scam these guys are running. Call them up - they operate out of a NYC boiler room. Listen to the high-pressure sales pitch and maybe you'll even hear the hoots and hollers of a "salesman" beating down another client.

If you want to get fleeced, this is the firm that will do it to you. Stay away - YEXT = FRAUD + SCAM.

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Nasser Abunab
Southgate, US
Jul 27, 2010 10:48 pm EDT
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I wish I read your complaint before same happened to me.

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Yext bogust charges

please don't sign up with this company it is a ripoff.. sales rep say they will not charge you for calls unless it leads to revenue.. I got billed for call that leads to nothing, when I call to desp charges rep was disrespectful and was told that I will be billed anyway.
please take it from me and dont get burned by yext dont sign up with them you will be sorry you did like me..

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Quick-Tech
Hamden, US
Dec 13, 2010 5:19 am EST

Yea well they are getting suckers to fall for that ### too.

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NYCThieves
Ithaca, US
Aug 13, 2010 6:22 pm EDT

Yext is a complete scam. Here is their latest pillaging... They are changing existing business' phone numbers in free web listings to their $8 per call phone numbers. So, if you've spent a lot of time building an Internet presence, they are going around behind you and changing your direct phone number to one of their trackable (and charged) numbers.

What a total scam these guys are running. Call them up - they operate out of a NYC boiler room. Listen to the high-pressure sales pitch and maybe you'll even hear the hoots and hollers of a "salesman" beating down another client.

If you want to get fleeced, this is the firm that will do it to you. Stay away - YEXT = FRAUD + SCAM.

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Hamden, US
Jun 23, 2010 8:07 pm EDT

I tried them and they charge you $30 per call. If you get a call from some guy looking to get a video cable for his computer they will charge you, if you get a call from someone asking if you fix PS3 or do you know someone who does they will charge you $30 (even if you don't fix em), if someone calls and just asked you how much is your service charges (and you don't get a name or nothing) they still charge you $30. THESE PEOPLE ARE NUTS AND THEY GOT REAL NASTY WITH ME AFTER I CALLED THEM BACK AGAIN TO COMPLAIN.

THIS WHAT I SAID TO THEM
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 8:50 PM
To: 'support@yext.com'
Subject: RE: Yext Calls Inbox: Your Question Recording ID: 8641098

What is it that you don't understand...I don't do Play stations so that's not a legitimate lead. That call is a play station lead, I don't freaking do them so how is that legitimate...tell me, why should I pay that? Your system screwed up, remove that $30 charge.

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We do not bill strictly for calls that turn into booked jobs. We are an advertising service and we bill for any legitimate leads that we generate for your business. You have premium listings on 25 websites including yellowpages, citysearch, and superpages and you only pay when we can get a potential new customer to call your business directly.

Our CallRelevance technology that ensures that you receive only the most relevant phone calls, automatically weeds out low quality calls, and transcribes each call, picking out the most critical keywords. This allows us to send you more, higher quality calls, and secondly, to reduce the time you have to spend going through and listening to each one individually. On average, businesses will receive about 40% highly relevant calls; these calls will automatically be placed in your inbox, while junk calls will be placed in your "junk calls" folder. While we cannot guarantee that all billed calls will result in new business for you, nearly all of them will be from prospective new customers looking for your type of business. For this reason, we are unable to issue refunds for individual calls, except in the case of telephone issues (such as wrong numbers) - if you feel that this is the case with one of your calls, please let us know.

We appreciate your business and hope to send you many high quality calls over the coming months and years with increasingly fewer low quality calls.

Yext is committed to providing you with superior local advertising service. As always, please feel free to call 800-321-YEXT or e-mail support@yext.com with questions about our advertising service.

Thank you for Connecting to Yext Calls!

Kienan H.
Yext Calls Specialist
support@yext.com

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Yext - yext is a total scam!!!

I was a yext customer (Used their service) and in my experience yext is a scam! I was charged $20/call for all sorts of junk and garbage calls, their salesman who sold me the service informed me that I would only be charged when a lead generated actual revenue. Yext is a total scam! Save your money and use real advertising. At least then you know what you are getting.

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Yext rude

YEXT uses high pressure sales tactics to get you to sign up. I ended up signing up. I was out and about and not near a computer to check them out while they were talking so I thought it sounded ok and went for it. I am not in need of more jobs but the reason I wanted to be a part of them is because of the exclusivity for the 50 mile radius I would have. Plus I like to be into the next thing because I don’t want to be left behind in the new types of advertising that come out. But then when I did finally get near a computer to check them out I came across this page and a couple of others. So I said the best way to see if they are a reputable company or not was to call them back and test them.
So I did by starting off with I would like to end my account. The account manager on the phone would not end my account at all. It was like he pretended not to hear that part. He kept saying he wanted to know why and I told him that I didn’t need their services. So he asked again why I wanted to end my account. So I explained in more detail that I have enough jobs and decided not to do this YEXT thing. So he says why do you want to end your account so I said I just told you. So he repeats himself again. This went on for about 20 minutes the same exact stuff and question. Why do you want to end your account. This guy would not end my account for nothing. He was rude and belligerent. All in all a half hour goes by and I finally just said I would report them on the internet and not to worry Ill cancel my credit card and get another. I feel that no matter how long I stayed on the phone with them My account would have never have been ended. All in All that is probably a little over an hour of my life that I can never have back. They stole that hour of my life from me so Ill repay in kind by posting this complaint in as many places as I can find. One more thing, I hate typing so for me to sit here and type all of this means that I am really ticked off. I don’t lodge complaints unless I feel extremely strong about something so by me typing this it means I think this company is definitely crap. YEXT I feel for you. You're going to rip off the wrong people one of these days and its going to get ugly for you!

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Joy Stevenson
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Nov 13, 2018 1:08 am EST

YEXT is a complete scam. They hold your company hostage until you pay for them to fix your listing. If you try to fix your listings, they constantly call you and badger you to spend money using their service. They should just leave people alone and let us update our own listings.

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floyd_martenies@yahoo.com
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Aug 14, 2018 9:30 pm EDT

I signed up to yext.com and was under the impression I was given a credit of 300 now since I cancelled my site they want to charge me for 1 week of $150.00.and i never got one hit.find another site please.I tried to make payments and they will not contact me.I did no this site was for stores .I am an entertainer.

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walla704
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Apr 12, 2018 12:30 pm EDT

Please audit your customer service support, there is a major issue on how representatives handle inquiries. I'm baffled by how rude Yext representatives. There is something not quite right with the business model. If my experience sucks when trying to get assistance with a free listing, what makes you think I'll pay $3 a week to deal with rude sales executive and customer service. I normally, don't leave reviews such as this, but enough is enough.

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Reviewer19744
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Jan 08, 2016 9:05 am EST

I spoke with the salesman. When told that I was not interested. He hung up on me. But not before he called me a lier. My business partner answer the first call and said that she was me and that she was not in...we do this because we get so many sales calls. This is why he said that we lied.

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NYCThieves
Ithaca, US
Aug 13, 2010 6:23 pm EDT

Yext is a complete scam. Here is their latest pillaging... They are changing existing business' phone numbers in free web listings to their $8 per call phone numbers. So, if you've spent a lot of time building an Internet presence, they are going around behind you and changing your direct phone number to one of their trackable (and charged) numbers.

What a total scam these guys are running. Call them up - they operate out of a NYC boiler room. Listen to the high-pressure sales pitch and maybe you'll even hear the hoots and hollers of a "salesman" beating down another client.

If you want to get fleeced, this is the firm that will do it to you. Stay away - YEXT = FRAUD + SCAM.

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May 06, 2010 4:02 pm EDT
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THIS COMPANY IS A RIPOFF DON'T SIGN UP WITH THEM THEY CHARGE YOU FOR CALLS THAT LEADS TO NOWHERE .. CUST REP ARE RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL... PLEASE TAKE MY FOOLISH ADVISE . BEWARE

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