WAY (Women at Yelp) is a women’s employee resource group centered around educating employees on female-focused issues. With chapters in six Yelp offices around the world — and Erica Galos Alioto, SVP of Local Sales, as the executive sponsor — WAY’s mission is to connect its members with other smart, inspiring women and spark conversation… Read more
Albuquerque Savors Sauce
On Monday, Yelp Elites and guests took a bite out of Sauce Pizza & Wine, a new business in Uptown which is also a first for the franchise — Albuquerque is their first out-of-Arizona market. If the response of our Yelp community is any indication of the fandom they’re heading for, they’ve struck foodie gold…. Read more
Why Yelp Doesn’t Condone Review Solicitation
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
How Google’s Local Search Results Harm Consumers and Why the EU Acted
For more, see focusontheuser.eu Today, the European Commission announced that Google has breached antitrust rules by manipulating search results to favor its own vertical search services. In a landmark decision, the EU antitrust enforcement body hit Google with a record fine of €2.42 billion and gave Google a deadline of 90 days to end all… Read more
Business Owner Spotlight: Those First Weeks In Business
Yelp Dublin is bursting with love for newly opened café – Meet Me In The Morning. We stopped by and chatted with the business owner, Brian O’Keefe, about his first two months in business, his first reviews and of course… his first coffee. Read on below… Tell us a little about how you got into… Read more
Yelp for iOS 10 is Here
With iOS 10 rolling out, we have some pretty exciting updates we wanted to share with you. Make sure you have the latest version of the Yelp app to take advantage of these features! Yelp Reservations now available in Apple Maps Anything that gets us a step closer to food is all right in our… Read more
Yelp London Gets The Raw Deal with An Evening Of Organic Deliciousness.
Volcanic Salt Anyone? (No, really!) Organic? Raw? Vegan? The foodie dictionary seems to be ever growing and these words, in particular, seem to be floating around much more frequently here in London town. So, we felt it about time to check out the real ‘raw’ deal at newly opened, plant-based cafe, Rawligion. Owner and raw food… Read more
London’s Hot New Openings!
London’s City Director, Alex Shebar, was invited on London Live to chat about the hot new London openings in the last month. This time, he spoke about the fantastic spots with an international flavour, from the ceviches or Peru to the cafes of Hong Kong, all located in England. Check out the video above, or… Read more
Know Your CM: 5 Questions with Alex S in London
Alex Shebar is constantly reminded that he’s an American. This is what happens when you move to London but haven’t quite given up the accent (he does spell “favourite” with a ‘u’ and says, “rubbish,” though). Born in Boston (and Yelp’s former Community Manager of Cincinnati), Alex emigrated to The Old Smoke in 2012 and… Read more
Local Pride – Manchester (UK)
1. Richmond Tea Rooms If the weather gets a bit unhelpful, what better excuse to sample the delights of Richmond Tea Rooms – Eggs Benedict to die for and afternoon tea fit for any king or queen! Richmond Tea Rooms may well be the pinnacle of Manchester’s tea & cake empire! 2. Molly House That ideal day… Read more