Yelp Rolls Out More Visual Feed to Connect Users and Businesses, Adds Privacy Features
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Yelp is updating its feed to be more visual, including collections, videos, and popular searches. It will also show AI-powered summaries of businesses.
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The updates aim to improve discovery and connections between users and businesses. This includes better search, highlighted reviews, review badges, and enhanced service booking.
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User privacy updates include number masking when contacting businesses and the ability to directly text them through the Yelp app.
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For businesses, Yelp is updating profiles and advertising tools to help showcase themselves. This includes consultations with Yelp reps.
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Yelp announced Q3 2022 revenue of $345 million and slightly increased its 2023 annual revenue outlook to $1.337 billion.