Yelp

December 23rd, 2008 in Uncategorized, by Head Honcho

http://www.yelp.com

Looking for some feedback on a place that you might bring a date to? Your first recourse might be to consult people you know and find out if the location is recommended or not. Now your friends and relatives advices can be accessed fast and easy. How? Check out Yelp.

Yelp is the perfect alternative if you are searching for local reviews that could help you around the city or around a new place that you are visiting. Consider it your online city guide accessible at your convenience.

The site has used crowdsourcing to tap into the opinions and recommendations of a community. As mentioned by a Yelp participant, the crowd on this site is among the best ever. Their reviews are often very honest and very helpful which makes the website much more worthy of your visit.
Unlike other review sites that accept user feedback as short as “It’s great” or “Worst!”, the reviews posted on the site are by “passionate and opinionated influencers”. This assures the readers of informative, complete reviews that pushes word-of-mouth marketing to the higher level.

FOR READERS AND REVIEWERS
The Yelp site offers reviews and offers you a chance to review the places within your vicinity. This gives a hometown atmosphere and most probably will leave you in nostalgia. They offer an extensive range of reviews for users to view or create - from restaurants, to bagels, to temples, to mass media. It is currently generating guides for everywhere in the U.S. and in Canada.

FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
“The customer is always right.” Right? Yelp offers business owners a stage to pay attention to grievances or to listen to praises from Yelpers or from Supporters. Of course, your first step would be to setup a business owner account on the site. After all verification and stuff are done, you can now start promoting your reviews on Yelp, advertise your site through sponsored search results, etc., or work on the sponsorship program that enhances your business page by adding a slideshow, featuring reviews, adding announcements and news.

Here a quick quote of a Yelp participant’s own review of the stellar website to end this review.

I don’t walk into a store, switch dentists, eat a taco, or change my favorite pub without first consulting Yelp.com. Real people, real reviews…. and that’s no lie. Beyond reviews, Yelp has other useful features that include interactive maps, message boards, and events. It’s hard to go wrong with Yelp!