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Yelp updates its iOS app to include personalized search results

This could be very useful for people with strict dietary requirements

By David Matthews, August 27, 2019, 4:45 PM

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Yelp quietly swaps restaurant phone numbers with Grubhub-affiliated numbers

A shady practice indeed

By David Matthews, August 6, 2019, 6:00 PM

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Supreme Court denied reviewal of defamation lawsuit against Yelp reviews

Your negative reviews are safe --- for now

By Cal Jeffrey, January 23, 2019, 6:47 AM

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California's Supreme Court rules that Yelp cannot be compelled to remove negative user reviews

The vote passed 4-3

By Cohen Coberly, July 3, 2018, 3:30 PM

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Yelp files FTC complaint claiming Google has broken its 2012 settlement deal

Google is scraping Yelp after promising it wouldn't

By Rob Thubron, September 13, 2017, 9:30 AM

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Law firm sues student for $200K after she left negative reviews, judge rules against company

The judge ordered the law firm to pay $27,000 in attorneys' fees

By Rob Thubron, December 5, 2016, 9:30 AM 20 comments

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Facebook Professional Services is the wannabe Yelp replacement you didn't know about

By Devin Kate Pope, December 15, 2015, 4:30 PM

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Google claims "bug" responsible for burying Yelp and TripAdvisor search results

By Rob Thubron, November 26, 2015, 1:00 PM

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Rate your fellow human beings with the 'Yelp for people' app

By Rob Thubron, October 1, 2015, 10:45 AM

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Industry The Web

Amazon Home Services makes hiring installation professionals a breeze

By Shawn Knight, March 30, 2015, 3:15 PM

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Amazon Selling Services pairs shoppers with local installation professionals

By Shawn Knight, November 25, 2014, 7:45 PM

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Yelp agrees to pay $450,000 to settle FTC charges of violating child privacy

By Himanshu Arora, September 17, 2014, 4:15 PM

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This New York Inn's policy of charging $500 fine for every bad Yelp review backfires tremendously

By Shawn Knight, August 4, 2014, 1:15 PM 12 comments

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Yelp for iOS updated, now lets you upload short videos with reviews

By Himanshu Arora, July 29, 2014, 9:30 AM

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When leaving a negative review can get you sued

By Marcy Bonebright, June 26, 2014, 8:30 AM 21 comments

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Yelp now shows if a business accepts Bitcoin

By Shawn Knight, April 29, 2014, 11:00 AM

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Google adds restaurant menus to search results

By Shawn Knight, March 3, 2014, 7:15 AM

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Industry The Web

Google+ Local leverages Zagat for crowdsourced business reviews

By Rick Burgess, May 30, 2012, 1:30 PM