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Today Yelp is introducing Yelp Connect, a brand new way for restaurants to communicate and share updates with new and existing customers. With this product, restaurants can feel confident they’re reaching local, relevant diners, who have previously expressed interest in their business via Yelp. Yelp Connect lets restaurants make the most of their Yelp business… Read more
When a mom does a search for a pediatrician in Mountain View, California, instead of seeing the best information from across the web, Google steers her to its low quality ‘house’ products. As the Wall Street Journal recently chronicled, this form of self-serving bias causes direct harm to consumers at an incredible scale. Local search… Read more
If you’re a regular DC Yelper, you may have noticed Tara Lewis’s reviews at some of your favorite restaurants, hair salons and bakeries or even spotted her at a few events! Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Tara is Yelp’s new Trend Expert. With help from Yelpers across the country, Tara helps spot the next… Read more
On Thursday, September 12th Milwaukee Elites were invited out to experience Boone & Crockett’s premier riverside Cocktail Bar and Whiskey Lounge, and of course, make their long-awaited introductions to the city’s new Community Manager! At the event, guests enjoyed snazzy old fashioned cocktails and tasty Mexican bites. Local band, Wire and Nail was on stage… Read more
On August 19th, Shake Shack, Tender Greens, Screwball Whiskey, Sephora and many other local sponsors gathered for Yelp Turns 15 at the brand new One Paseo complex in Del Mar. Although, this was a birthday celebration for the brand, it doubled as a fundraiser for Canine Companions for Independence. Onsite, there was all sorts of… Read more
Brunch, dates, ashanga and homelessness. Myles Turner, 23-year-old center for the Indiana Pacers, called us (video here) to talk about things he doesn’t usually get asked in interviews: his love for Indianapolis, its local businesses and the people that keep it vibrant. When asked to describe the Indianapolis audience, he quickly labeled them as both… Read more
Gone are the days of idly standing around with a restaurant buzzer, or feeling like you’re missing out on a great meal because a restaurant doesn’t accept reservations. Yelp Waitlist, our online restaurant waitlist experience, is rolling out two new ways to help you plan life better: Predictive Wait Time and Notify Me. These new… Read more
Photos: Yelp Elite Josh A and Yelpers Stephanie C + Jamie A at El Bolillo Bakery Pastel de tres leches, bolillos and conchas galore! Our minds are swirling with sugar and dough. Add a sprinkle of local flavor and we’re all in. Latinx Heritage Month may be kicking off on September 15th, but these panaderías… Read more
Rhode Islanders know that to get the full Little Rhody experience you have to take a walk on our stunning beaches, take a trip on the Block Island Ferry and bask in the glow of Waterfire. But, to truly feel like you’ve experienced all that the Ocean State has to offer, simply bookmark the following… Read more
The best season is upon us: football season. Where will you be when the most wonderful time of the year kicks off? No seriously, do you know of a good place to watch the game and grab a brew? Well, you’re in luck. We tapped our Data Science team to determine the best sports bars… Read more
Why create a photo slideshow? It’s no surprise that people searching on Yelp spend almost triple the amount of time on a business page with photos, as opposed to one without. Yelp’s Photo Slideshow allows you to decide the order of the photos as well as keep them rotating so users are constantly being sold… Read more
Liberty Memorial and Kansas City, MO skyline Kansas City is closer to an outdoors enthusiast destination than many might know of. The Katy Trail, spanning nearly 240 miles across Missouri, is a car-free oasis for cyclists and one of the nation’s longest rails-to-trails paths. Throughout these seemingly endless Missouri miles, cyclists are treated to towering… Read more