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As far as the business reports on Findthebest, here is what seems to be going on. It appears Findthebest is somewhow in cahoots with The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, or, a spinoff, D&B Credibility, or both.

What they do is try to shock and upset small business owners by posting misleadingly inaccurate negative reports about small businesses on Findthebest's and D&B Credibility's websites. They do so with data at least partially derived from Dun & Bradstreet, and which is outdated, corrupt, or intentionally conjured - "estimated".

For example, both sites falsely reported that I had only been in business for 4 years, (when the correct number is 17), and, both falsely reported very low sales figures, which were off by a factor of 3-4.

They then "compare" the small business with with similar small businesses in the geographic area that are Dun & Bradstreet customers. Of course the small business that does not have a relationship with Dun & Bradstreet always comes out on bottom, because Dun & Bradstreet does not have accurate data on the non-customer's business, and it is "estimated".

D&B Credibility's website compared me with what appeard to be two D&B customers, and another that wasn't. They then had a bar graph that showed I had been in business for 107% less time. They reported my sales were 43% less. Of course those are complete falsehood... but these outfits don't seem to have any interest in reporting truths.

Again, the point is to shock and upset the small business owner and try to drive the owner to Dun & Bradstreet's website to self-report updated information to Dun & Bradstreet, (which of course Dun & Bradstreet then re-sells), and also to try to hook the small business into credit various credit monitoring schemes sold by Dun & Bradstreet or D&B Credibilty.

That is why a link to Dun & Bradstreet is always located right next to the negative report on Findthebest's and D&B Credibility's websites!