Product

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Since acquiring Nowait in 2017, we’ve continued to integrate it into Yelp and introduce features that benefit both diners and restaurants. We’re seeing the results in action; more people are joining restaurant waitlists through the Yelp app than ever before. Yelp Waitlist has saved diners more than 4.1 billion minutes of wait time to date…. Read more

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Ever dreamed of having a personal assistant who manages your restaurant reservations for business meetings, family dinners or date nights? With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, your once far flung daydream is within reach! Samsung recently announced the integration of Yelp Reservations into its intelligent assistant, Bixby. This is the first time… Read more

• #News, #Impact, #Consumer Advocacy

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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Best known for helping people find great local businesses, Yelp is also helping consumers earn cash back for dining or shopping at participating Cash Back locations. Today, we’re excited to announce that more than one million people are enrolled in  our Cash Back program! Yelp was an early mover in adopting card-linked technology and offering… Read more

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At Yelp, we’re always thinking about ways to deliver fresh, up-to-date content that helps connect you with great local businesses. Today, we’re announcing the launch of Collections to take the legwork out of finding great, new businesses by serving up personalized recommendations based on your activity on Yelp and amplifying top recommendations from across the… Read more

• #Yelp Ads

Allowing Agency Partners to Independently Sell and Manage Client Campaigns We’re excited to introduce the Yelp Advertising Partner Program, giving agencies the ability to sell and manage Yelp ads campaigns on behalf of their small and medium-sized business (SMB) clients. Through the Yelp Advertising Partner Program, agency partners can now offer their clients increased campaign… 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

• #Product, #Businesses, #Advertising on Yelp

We’re excited to announce that, starting today, business owners have the ability to customize their ads. With the introduction of Custom Ads, advertisers will be able to select which photos and reviews are presented in their campaigns. This announcement is the first in a series of tools we’re working on to put advertisers in the… Read more

• #Product, #Mobile

If you haven’t already noticed, we’ve recently been sprucing things up on Yelp! Over the past few months, we’ve added new improvements to the app home screen. We’ve designed new category icons for quick search and are providing more personalizing suggestions through machine learning. And guess what? These improvements are just the tip of the… Read more