Sitejabber
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| Privately held | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Business ratings and online reviews |
| Founded 📆 | 2008 |
| Founders 👔 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | San Mateo, California |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Consumer-facing review website |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Sitejabber is a web-based platform for consumers to find trustworthy online businesses and avoid scams.[1] Sitejabber was founded in 2008 in San Francisco, California and has been described as "the Yelp for websites and online businesses".[2] Consumers create Sitejabber accounts to rate and review online businesses using an overall star-rating as well as criteria such as service, value, shipping, returns and quality.[3] Sitejabber also publishes a blog that contains scam alerts and consumer tips based on Sitejabber reviews.[4] The Sitejabber service has received recognition by PC Magazine and CNN.[5][6]
History[edit]
According to the Sitejabber blog, the service was started in 2008 by Jeremy Gin, Rodney Gin and Michael Lai in an effort to reduce online fraud and improve online transparency.[7]
Funding[edit]
Sitejabber was developed with a grant from the National Science Foundation as well as with funding from private investors including 500 Startups.[8][9]
Press Coverage[edit]
- Wall Street Journal/MarketWatch, 3 pet medication scams — and what you can do about them[10]
- Wall Street Journal/MarketWatch, Booking travel online? Beware of these 4 scams[11]
- MSN Money, Hey, senior Internet surfers: Sharks are circling[12]
- The Atlantic, The Top E-Commerce Fears[13]
- The Chicago Tribune, Beware of work-at-home scams[14]
- Sitejabber, HON Announce Partnership to Help Consumers Find Quality Health Websites[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ "About Us - Sitejabber".
- ↑ Jennifer Van Grove (21 July 2009). "Sitejabber: A Power to the People Tool for Reviewing Online Businesses". Mashable. Mashable, Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ "Review an Online Business".
- ↑ "Sitejabber Consumer Tips & Online Scam Alerts".
- ↑ Brian Heater (16 August 2010). "The Top 100 Web Sites of 2010". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis, LLC. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ Money Magazine staff (11 April 2011). "100 best money moves". CNN Money. Time Warner, Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ "The Founding of Sitejabber - Sitejabber Consumer Tips".
- ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#1127567 - SBIR Phase II: Software to Automate the Detection of Websites that are Fraudulent or Otherwise Harmful to Consumers".
- ↑ "SiteJabber".
- ↑ Catey Hill (30 July 2014). "3 pet medication scams — and what you can do about them". MarketWatch. Dow Jones & Co. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ Catey Hill (15 May 2014). "Booking travel online? Beware of these 4 scams". MarketWatch. Dow Jones & Co. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ Mitch Lipka (7 July 2013). "Hey, senior Internet surfers: Sharks are circling". MSN Money. Microsoft, Inc. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chris Good (28 September 2010). "The Top E-Commerce Fears". The Atlantic. Atlantic Media. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ Diane Stafford (6 September 2010). "Beware of work-at-home scams". The Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing Company. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ Business Wire (2 February 2010). "Sitejabber, HON Announce Partnership to Help Consumers Find Quality Health Websites". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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