Cox Media is a cable ISP and TV station provider in various mid-sized and large markets across the country. On March 30th they announced that for impacted restaurants in the communities they serve they are offering free TV advertising to help restaurants struggling with switching from dine-in to delivery orders get their message out. According […]

Yelp, a near essential platform for independent operator restaurants, is giving away $25 million in free advertising for restaurants, bars, and other businesses heavily impacted by the closures of public spaces during the pandemic. While this may not be of much help to restaurants and businesses struggling during the pandemic, once it subsides this free […]

In a blog post Yelp has announced new features to their Waitlist tool for users that could benefit restaurants that enable them. One upgrade allows users to enter their party size when they start their search on Yelp for Waitlist enabled restaurants that can accommodate large parties. This helps speed up the process and should […]

Yelp has been rolling out a lot of new tools, ad types, and features lately in a bid to become more than just a restaurant destination. The latest new feature is called Yelp Store Visits (YSV) and it is exclusively for Yelp advertisers. The idea is that Yelp will gather data on what real people […]

There’s no doubt that when it comes to gaining online reviews for your business, Yelp can be the absolute worst. The platform has a long history of removing reviews from real customers, upsetting business owners, and leaving up reviews from angry people who were never customers. Yelp has always said they were doing it to […]

Google’s monetization of local search is continuing with what appears to be local service ads for real estate agents in Austin, TX. This was spotted by noted SEO Matt Mcgee who currently works for real estate agent listing website HomeLight. Hey @rustybrick, is this new? LSA for real estate — discovered by a colleague here […]

For the first time Yelp is allowing signed in users to personalize their Yelp experience. Users on Yelp can now set up their profile to personalize results based on diet, lifestyle, and accessibility. To do this users on the app tap a heart icon and start selecting things they like. Yelp explains that this doesn’t […]