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Business Wire 30-Jan-2024 7:00 AM
A new visual home feed, search experience and AI-powered business summaries enhance discovery; New updates to the services experience make it easier than ever to hire professionals; A revamped Yelp for Business surfaces valuable insights to help business owners succeed
Yelp Inc. (NYSE:YELP), the company that connects people with great local businesses, today is announcing its Winter Product Release with more than 20 new features that elevate the Yelp experience for both consumers and business owners. The company is releasing new AI-powered business summaries that make it even easier for people to find a business that fits their needs at a glance and new Recognitions celebrate and distinguish reviewers who are passionate about a specific food, cuisine or nightlife category. A new AI-powered visual home feed and updated search experience enhance discovery, helping consumers quickly and easily find their new favorite restaurant. While new updates to the services experience, including enhancements to Request a Quote and new 'Projects' features, help simplify finding the right service professional for their needs. Lastly, new data-driven features for business owners and advertisers on the Yelp for Business experience surface unique insights that help them grow and succeed on Yelp.
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Yelp announces a series of new discovery, contribution, services and AI-powered features, enhancing connections between consumers and local businesses. (Graphic: Business Wire)
"We're continuing to enhance the search and discovery experience for consumers on Yelp, as well as unlock more value for business owners," said Craig Saldanha, chief product officer at Yelp. "These new features harness our rich, trusted content to inspire even more meaningful connections across the platform, from supporting the contributors who make Yelp the one-stop local platform we are today to helping local businesses and service professionals thrive in their communities. Rolling out features that make life easier, delight our users and leverage advanced technology allow us to deliver a seamless consumer experience and more effectively match businesses with valuable leads."
Enhancing the business discovery and review experience on Yelp
In 2023, tens of millions of reviews, photos and videos were contributed to Yelp. With its commitment to delivering helpful and reliable content, the platform continues to build new features to engage users and inspire them to contribute high-quality content.
Streamlining the services experience and connecting people with pros faster
Yelp continues to release new features that reduce friction for consumers when hiring services pros, further solidifying the platform as a destination for services. With millions of projects started on Yelp every year, the company's latest updates make it easier and more seamless to confidently find and hire service professionals.
Revamping the Yelp for Business experience
Yelp is rolling out new product enhancements that provide valuable insights to businesses, helping them make strategic and informed decisions to better reach relevant consumers and grow their business.
Additional Information and Assets
Learn more about all of the latest updates Yelp is announcing in a blog post and a video overview from Saldanha. Assets and images can be found here. For more information about Yelp, visit the company's Fast Facts page.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, Yelp's future product plans, including the ability of its investments and initiatives to drive profitable long-term growth and shareholder value, that are based on its current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences also include, but are not limited to, those factors that could affect Yelp's business, operating results and stock price included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Yelp's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q at yelp-ir.com or the SEC's website at sec.gov.
About Yelp Inc.
Yelp Inc. (yelp.com) is a community-driven platform that connects people with great local businesses. Millions of people rely on Yelp for useful and trusted local business information, reviews and photos to help inform their spending decisions. As a one-stop local platform, Yelp helps consumers easily discover, connect and transact with businesses across a broad range of categories by making it easy to request a quote for a service, book a table at a restaurant and more. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in 2004.
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