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Starting today, you’ll notice a new batch of Consumer Alerts, which will appear on 228 business pages. These alerts are Yelp’s warning to consumers that someone is attempting to mislead them through review manipulation like paying for fake 5-star reviews or spamming their own pages with positive reviews. Yelp exists to empower and protect consumers,… Read more

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Last week we saw concerning reports that Google is preparing to propose a toothless settlement deal to the European Commission that is similar to —and even worse than — the settlements that the European Commission rejected 2013 to 2014. Yelp welcomes a meaningful remedy from Google that preserves competition.  Unfortunately, the latest proposal falls far… Read more

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Celebrate Women’s History Month this year by putting your money where your mouth is—and into the hands of the female entrepreneurs in your community. Today, we’re excited to announce that we are partnering with Rebecca Minkoff, famous designer and creator of the Female Founder Collective, to launch a “Women-Owned Business” attribute on Yelp! This information… Read more

Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. 2019
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Millions of people use Yelp across the country to search and share experiences at all kinds of restaurants — from food trucks to Michelin-starred restaurants, and more. Not to mention plumbers, barber shops, phone repair technicians… but we’re here to talk about food. With the help of our Yelp community, who contributed more than 25… Read more

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As part of Yelp’s ongoing Consumer Protection Initiative, we’re announcing 232 Consumer Alerts that will serve as notices to our users of extreme attempts to manipulate business ratings and reviews on our platform. These alerts will generally be removed from the affected Yelp business page after 90 days if the offending behavior stops. Since 2004, Yelp’s… Read more

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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