Back in November of 2017, Yelp announced it would start issuing penalties for businesses that solicit reviews. Yelp said: “Now, we are...

As reviews have grown in importance, so have efforts to game the system. The problem is growing on both Google Maps and Amazon, according...

Consumers overwhelmingly expect the reviews they peruse on Amazon, Yelp, Google and other review sites to be trustworthy, neutral and...

Roughly two years ago, Yelp phased out its display ad unit for national advertisers. Earlier this week, the company introduced a new...

Earlier this week, Yelp bought a company called Turnstyle for a reported $20 million. Turnstyle can be characterized in various ways; it...

Yelp beat Q4 2016 analyst consensus expectations for both revenues and earnings per share yesterday. The company announced revenues of...

For the past three years, I’ve been a member of one of the most exclusive, most important, most powerful groups on the internet: The Yelp...

Local search is becoming much more transactional. Google previously worked with a range of third-party providers to bring online...

I’m always on the lookout for interesting tips, tricks and strategies that marketing managers and business owners can use to improve...

I often find myself describing how the Yelp filter works to marketers and business owners who are frustrated with the fact that Yelp...

Two years ago, California signed into law what was popularly called the “Yelp bill.” It prohibited use of “non-disparagement” clauses in...

A case involving Yelp and a “default judgment” against someone (defendant Bird) who wrote a critical Yelp review about a San Francisco...

Yelp announced Q2 2016 earnings this afternoon. The company had better than expected quarterly revenues of $173.4 million. Analysts had...

Yelp is expanding the group of third party companies that can directly access its complete reviews data and announcing a new program...

Yesterday, after the stock market’s close, Yelp reported Q1 revenue of nearly $159 million, which beat financial analyst consensus...

Foursquare began as a “check-in app” and later evolved into a Yelp competitor. More recently, it has introduced location intelligence and...

Yelp has decided to provide its full reviews data set to social media and reputation monitoring tool Sprinklr. This is a first and an...

If you ever want to hear a business owner rant, just grab some popcorn and casually bring up Yelp. The mere mention of the controversial...

Due to a coding glitch at PR Newswire, Yelp’s Q4 and full year 2015 results were released early, before the market’s close. The company...

Don’t limit your SEO strategy to your own website. There are many ways to increase your brand’s exposure in search by optimizing social...