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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

Harvard Economists: Yelp Data Can Help Predict Gentrification
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Yelp data can tell us so much about the cities we live in. It can tell us the best restaurant for dinner, barbershop for a haircut, or even help find a great plumber. A study released today by three Harvard economists uses Yelp data to provide new insights into gentrification at the neighborhood level –… Read more

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As the go-to guide for all things local, we know you are constantly searching Yelp for the answer to the eternal question ‘What should I eat?’ Today, we’re announcing our 5th annual Top 100 Places to Eat in the US list because we know you’ve got enough on your plate (pun intended). Yelp’s data science… Read more

Consumer Alerts: We’ve Got Your Back
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At Yelp, consumer trust has always been at the forefront. From implementing restaurant health scores to incorporating health care statistics into Yelp business pages for medical treatment facilities, Yelp aims to empower and protect consumers, and allow them to make informed spending decisions. We also believe that consumers deserve to know when someone is trying… Read more