Pro Features

Yelp Goes Green with Eco-Friendly Business Attributes

To commemorate Earth Day, Yelp is out with a blitz of new announcements and initiatives to support eco-friendliness. These include new eco-friendly business attributes and a sustainability resource hub for SMBs. We examine.

Pro Features

Yelp Supports Health & Safety with Hazel Analytics

Yelp has announced an expanded partnership with food-tech startup Hazel Analytics. This will bring more health and safety ratings to Yelp,  expanding its SMB data and search filters in yet another direction. We examine.

Pro Features

Yelp Fusion Revs Up In-Car Local Discovery

Yelp announced today that it’s expanding its Fusion product to the automobile. This comes about through a partnership with Uber that brings Yelp to high-intent users in transit. We examine drivers & dynamics.

Pro Features

Yelp for Business Launches Evolutionary Updates

Yelp announced a series of new features for Yelp for Business today, including business-facing tools to give SMBs more control over Yelp ads and direct communications with users. We examine the drivers & dynamics.

YELP reviews
Pro Features

Yelp: Quality Trumps Quantity in SMB Reviews

But new data from Yelp and market research firm Kelton indicate that quality may trump quantity. By quality, we mean depth, length, tone and other attributes that bestow trust in a given review. We examine the survey results and strategic takeaways.

Pro Features

Yelp Boosts Local Discovery with UX Update

Yelp announced a new interface that could boost restaurant discovery. Specifically, it’s a feed-based format that puts restaurant dishes front and center. This flips the script from a reviews and listings-forward UX to a food-forward one. 

Pro Features

Yelp Rolls Out New Features for Service SMBs

Yelp has announced new features for service businesses. These include custom search filters that can be set by businesses and used by consumers. There’s also a new reviews flow, themed ads, and project cost guides. We examine.

Acquisitions

Just In: Uberall Gets New Funding, Acquires MomentFeed

Joining an already-vibrant week for startup M&A and funding, Uberall announced a double shot: $115M in funding and the acquisition of fellow location-marketing firm MomentFeed. We examine drivers & strategic takeaways

Boostability

How Online Reviews Can Impact SEO

Localogy Insider invites experts in a field relevant to our community to share practical advice on how to do the business of local better. In

Broadly

New Podcast: “Art of the Demo”

Josh Melick, co-founder and CEO of Broadly, has small business in his DNA, with parents who were small business owners and a resume filled with