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Today, Yelp is announcing its latest round of 150 Consumer Alerts to inform the public of extreme attempts to influence business ratings and reviews on its platform. For 90 days, affected Yelp business pages will display a Consumer Alert. Why do we do it? Consumers deserve the best information, allowing them to make well-informed decisions…. Read more

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Today we’re excited to announce that Yelp is joining forces with Movement Advancement Project and more than 175 partner organizations on the Open to All campaign to build awareness and understanding of the importance of nondiscrimination laws and defend the bedrock principle that when businesses open their doors to the public, they should be Open… Read more

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For decades, cities have regularly inspected restaurants to ensure food safety, providing this information publicly to citizens. Unfortunately, this information is often buried on clunky “dot gov” websites beyond the easy reach of consumers. Or equally inconvenient, it’s accessible in the offline world, displayed somewhere in the physical business, and not always obvious to the… Read more

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Yelp, which employs more than 5,000 people in America, applauds the action of the European Commission to restore competition in the marketplace. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has removed the straight-jacket Google has placed on innovation with Android. This enforcement action will unlock a potential for incredible benefit for consumers. For example, if a developer wants to… Read more

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The Supreme Court of California today ruled in Yelp’s favor in Hassell v. Bird, a case that had threatened the rights of online platforms that allow people to freely share their thoughts and the billions of people that do so. In 2014, attorney Dawn Hassell sued her former client, Ava Bird, for allegedly defaming her… Read more

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Tonight, CBS “60 Minutes” ran a segment about the size and power of Google. The piece speaks for itself and you should watch it: Google chose not to participate in the piece, instead offering the following written statement: “Our responsibility is to deliver the best results possible to our users, not specific placements for sites… Read more

Consumer Alerts: On Your Side
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Yelp is dedicated to consumer trust, whether displaying restaurant health scores or incorporating maternity care measures into Yelp business pages for hospitals that deliver babies. That’s why we are releasing a new round of 177 Consumer Alerts to highlight situations where someone may be going to extreme lengths to mislead consumers (e.g., offering people cash… Read more

Yelp Nearly Doubles The Number of Businesses Offering Online Food Ordering
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Toby Waite, Director of Engineering, Restaurants, also contributed to this post. Following last year’s announcement of our partnership with Grubhub, we’re excited to share that, starting today, users will be able to access Grubhub’s food ordering businesses directly through Yelp. The partnership will bring thousands of additional restaurants to Yelp, providing users more food ordering… Read more