News

• #News, #Home Services

We’re in the biz of connecting people with great, local businesses — whether that’s a great place to grab a bite to eat or finding a plumber in a moment of need, which is why we’re excited to announce that Lauren Makk will be joining Yelp as our new Home Editor to help users discover… Read more

• #Data, #Local Data Insights

Today we’re releasing the second edition of Yelp’s Local Economic Outlook, a program to rank U.S. metro areas by the pace of growth in their local-business population. This program is part of a larger, ongoing project surfacing insights from Yelp’s deep data stores to help businesses succeed and to arm policymakers with the information they… Read more

Consumer Alerts: We’ve Got Your Back

• #News, #Consumer Protection Initiative

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

• #Community

Whether you’re guilty of gifting your sister-in-law the same Yankee candle now five years in a row, or you’ve earned a reputation as the most thoughtful secret Santa at the office holiday party, Yelp is here to help fuel your creativity and make you the most amazing local gift giver around this holiday season. Check… Read more

Consumer Alerts: Deceptive review tactics? Not on our watch.

• #News, #Consumer Protection Initiative

Today, Yelp is releasing a round of 149 Consumer Alerts in an effort to unveil extreme attempts to mislead consumers. While the majority of businesses on Yelp are good actors, our recommendation software, dedicated users, and team of skilled investigators work together to limit the few bad actors’ efforts to skew results for everyone else…. Read more

Yelp Opens DC Office: We’re Hiring!

• #News

For years, the Yelp community in DC has been buzzing about the countless amazing local restaurants and hot new businesses found on every street corner. So we decided to move in! Yelp announced that we are headed to Washington, DC to open our next office! We’ve been building a vibrant community of locals and business… Read more

Consumer Alerts: Protecting your peace of mind

• #News, #Consumer Protection Initiative

At Yelp, we’re dedicated to connecting people to great local businesses, and also protecting them from misleading practices to manipulate ratings and reviews. Today, we are releasing a new round of 149 Consumer Alerts to expose extreme attempts to influence business ratings and reviews on Yelp, such as paying for positive reviews. The Consumer Alert will… Read more

• #Business Owners, #News

Yelp’s core focus for more than 13 years has been helping consumers find great local businesses. A critical piece of that process is providing people with access to unbiased local feedback to help them make decisions. Yelp’s ability to surface the highest quality content is a cornerstone of our success, and as a result, we… Read more