Articles tagged “yelp”

Travel Technology

Musician John Legend Releasing App to Counter ‘Negative’ Google and Yelp Reviews

It's Good is entering crowded territory, but reviews have been operating the same way for years, so maybe it's time for a change.

Justin Dawes | 6 months ago

Musician John Legend Releasing App to Counter ‘Negative’ Google and Yelp Reviews

Online Travel

Google Scores Court Victory in Case Alleging Anticompetitive Bias

Google's advertising business sucked the life out of Tripadvisor and others' free search results. The issue of Google's alleged search bias and how it impacts the travel industry is not going away.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Google Scores Court Victory in Case Alleging Anticompetitive Bias

Media and PR

The Case for a Yelp-Angi Merger

As a local discovery platform Yelp – like Foursquare – has lost influence as Google continues to push its own products in Maps, the web, and anywhere else it can track users' locations.

Reuters | 11 months ago

The Case for a Yelp-Angi Merger

News Blog

Yelp Taps Turbocharged AI to Improve Online Search

Yelp has for months been testing how it could use the latest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) without undermining the trust of the consumers who use it to find business listings. On Wednesday, the U.S.-based user-generated reviews company released an updated search interface based on these advances. For instance, a search for places serving "breakfast"…

Sean O'Neill | 12 months ago

Business Travel

Abortion Travel Benefit Adopted Quickly By Major Corporates After Supreme Court Ruling

It's good that these companies are stepping up to back their women employees' right to choose.

Dawn Chmielewski and David Shepardson, Reuters | 2 years ago

Abortion Travel Benefit Adopted Quickly By Major Corporates After Supreme Court Ruling

Online Travel

What a Google Breakup Would Mean for Travel

Superapps and connected trips would take a hit if Google were forced to self-immolate. However, competition would flourish if authorities curtail Google bias.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

What a Google Breakup Would Mean for Travel

Online Travel

Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Poses Threat to Airbnb, Tripadvisor, Google and Yelp

The liability protections that online travel businesses such as Airbnb, Google and Tripadvisor enjoy under the Communications Decency Act could be collateral damage in President Trump's effort to go after Twitter and Google for what he views as "censorship" or biased coverage.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Poses Threat to Airbnb, Tripadvisor, Google and Yelp

Online Travel

A Peddler of Fake Reviews on TripAdvisor Gets Jail Time

TripAdvisor hopes that jail time will scare off the dishonest folks creating fake reviews. We hope so, too.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

A Peddler of Fake Reviews on TripAdvisor Gets Jail Time

Online Travel

Yelp Targets Google Employees in New Antitrust Drive

Yelp's efforts to see tighter regulation of Google's business practices could have more success this time around than several years ago, when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped the ball. European Union regulators have really cast the previous U.S. effort in a shameful light, and the Trump team may be more sympathetic than the Obama administration.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Yelp Targets Google Employees in New Antitrust Drive

Food and Drink

Chefs+Tech: Hospitality Lessons From Waffle House

The recent hurricanes have put Waffle House's opening hours (24/7/365) back into the spotlight, but it's the restaurant's logistics and enduring hospitality practices that deserve the story.

Kristen Hawley, Chefs+Tech | 7 years ago

Chefs+Tech: Hospitality Lessons From Waffle House