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Eight weeks ago, the United States Department of Justice brought a historic antitrust suit against Google. This morning, a bipartisan group of thirty-eight state attorneys general has followed with their own suit, zeroing in on how Google manipulates its search results to illegally maintain its general search monopoly. (Read the full lawsuit HERE.) The bipartisan… Read more

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The Department of Justice has taken a critical first step in confronting Google’s anticompetitive abuses and monopoly power in search.   Today, when a mom does a search for a pediatrician on Google, instead of being matched with the best information from across the web she is unwittingly steered to Google’s “house” product, which has objectively… Read more

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Tomorrow, Yelp is testifying before the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust in the hearing titled Self-Preferencing by Dominant Internet Platforms on competition policy and consumer rights related to Google’s self-preferencing in local search results. You can read the full testimony here.  Google deprives consumers of access to the highest quality results for their queries… Read more

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A few years ago, Yelp championed passage of the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA) — more commonly known as the “Right to Yelp” bill. The goal of this federal law is to protect consumers’ ability to share feedback online by prohibiting businesses from including “gag clauses” in consumer form contracts. And it’s done just that,… 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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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

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

Yelp Adds Maternity Care Measures to Pages for All Hospitals that Deliver Babies in California
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Yelp exists to empower and protect consumers, providing them with the information they need to make a decision, whether they are looking for a mover, a brunch spot, or even a hospital. Today, in partnership with the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) and Cal Hospital Compare, we are announcing that Yelp will begin displaying maternity… Read more