News

Yelp Reveals America’s Top 100 Places to Eat in 2020

• #Community, #Top 100 Places to Eat

Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat is a list unlike any other “best of” out there. Sure, you’ll see your fancy-schmancy spots and white tablecloth restaurants, but it’s also chock full of hidden gems and off-the-beaten-path joints. From fine dining to shawarma food trucks — find them all in Yelp’s seventh annual Top 100 Places… Read more

• #Community, #News

Just in time for the busy holiday shopping and dining season, Yelp is making it easier than ever for consumers to support inclusive businesses. Yelp is continuing its partnership with Open to All, a non-profit that aims to protect consumers from discrimination, by launching a search filter for the “Open to All” business attribute, and… Read more

• #News, #Consumer Protection Initiative

Today Yelp is releasing 198 Consumer Alerts this quarter, notifying consumers of biased review practices that, if left unchecked, would result in misleading business ratings. These alerts are one of the ways Yelp informs the public of egregious attempts to influence ratings and reviews, for example by offering compensation in exchange for reviews or spamming… Read more

• #English, #News, #Data

Life is full of decisions. Some are big decisions, like “my sink just exploded. Who can save the day?” Some are also big decisions, like “donuts are amazing. Where can I get one?” Since Yelp started in 2004, over 40 million words of love and gratitude have been shared for local businesses to help with… Read more

• #English, #News, #News

There’s a lot to be grateful for when it comes to local life—from coffee stops that keep us caffeinated to local pet groomers that keep our four-legged friends primped and pampered. And since 2004, 1.6 million businesses have been thanked on Yelp in reviews. We think that’s something worth celebrating! As well as sharing the top… Read more

• #News

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

• #News, #Consumer Protection Initiative

Today Yelp is releasing 232 Consumer Alerts this quarter, notifying consumers of shady review practices. These alerts are Yelp’s way of informing the public of attempts to influence ratings and reviews by offering compensation in exchange for reviews or spamming business pages with positive reviews. Yelp exists to empower and protect consumers, and maintaining their… Read more

• #News, #Consumer Protection Initiative

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