Difference between revisions of "Yelp Reviewing"
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− | + | {{initial|Y}}elp started out small. It was considered a startup company when it originated ten years ago. However, it wasn’t always an iOS application. Instead, [https://www.eater.com/2014/8/5/6177213/yelp-turns-10-from-startup-to-online-review-dominance “Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons funded a glorified “email circle” that allowed friends to directly swap business reviews.”] It was more difficult to become a part of this “email circle” than it is to download the app on the apple store today. The difference between then and now is that everyone who has the Yelp app in today’s day and age has access to the reviews for all of the businesses that are listed on it. With more users in more locations around the world, Yelp’s network has expanded and has effectively become a more efficient system. | |
− | {{initial|Y}}elp started out small. It was considered a startup company when it originated ten years ago. However, it wasn’t always an iOS application. Instead, “Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons funded a glorified “email circle” that allowed friends to directly swap business reviews.” It was more difficult to become a part of this “email circle” than it is to download the app on the apple store today. The difference between then and now is that everyone who has the Yelp app in today’s day and age has access to the reviews for all of the businesses that are listed on it. With more users in more locations around the world, Yelp’s network has expanded and has effectively become a more efficient system. | + | |
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− | = | + | If you want to download from the Apple Store, click [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yelp-discover-local-favorites/id284910350?mt=8 here]. |
+ | If you want to learn more about Yelp’s history, click [https://www.yelp.com/about here]. | ||
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− | {{initial|A}}s the company has progressed, it has added many features that contribute to the experiences that users have on the App. It allows users to rate local businesses on a scale ranging from 1 star to 5 stars: 1 star meaning that the user had a terrible experience, and 5 stars meaning that the user had a fantastic experience. It also has a Question and Answer feature, where users can ask on a businesses page about specific details regarding their services. Yelp also allows users to post photos, filter their searches, respond to reviews using comments. | + | {{initial|A}}s the company has progressed, it has added many features that contribute to the experiences that users have on the App. It allows users to rate local businesses on a scale ranging from 1 star to 5 stars: 1 star meaning that the user had a terrible experience, and 5 stars meaning that the user had a fantastic experience. It also has a Question and Answer feature<ref name = "Q & A">https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/14/yelp-q-and-a/ Retrieved 13 March 2018.</ref>, where users can ask on a businesses page about specific details regarding their services. Yelp also allows users to post photos, filter their searches, respond to reviews using comments. |
==Ratings== | ==Ratings== |
Revision as of 21:15, 16 March 2018
History
If you want to download from the Apple Store, click here.
If you want to learn more about Yelp’s history, click here.
Features
Ratings
Comments
Comments are construed underneath the ratings, so that people have other ways of responding to experiences that people have had with a business. They are important for others to develop an idea as to if there is a general consensus on whether the business was successful with their services or not.
Photos
While reviews are a good indicator as to whether the local business is a good one, a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, it is important, for example in a restaurant, to see whether the food looks appetizing to the user, or if the restaurant is clean. As much as aesthetics don’t determine whether the food is good quality, some people value the atmosphere of the restaurant when determining if they should go there. Photos are the only ways that users can access that information without being physically present in the restaurant, in this case.
References
- ↑ https://www.yelp.com/about Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/14/yelp-q-and-a/ Retrieved 13 March 2018.
Yelp is an app that allows users to rate restaurants, businesses, and companies based on their experiences. They determine a rating based on the number of stars they click on. They can choose between 1-5 stars and every time someone looks up that business/restaurant/company, they are able to view all the ratings from previous people. However, Yelp only provides a user with 3 ratings at first. While the ratings show up based on how recent they were posted, a company can “mask” negative reviews by paying yelp to hide the bad reviews. In other words, the 3 reviews on the main page aren’t necessarily bad, but once you click on “See more reviews”, bad reviews can come up, even if they are the most recent ones. Most people are unaware of this situation, but if you log onto Yelp yourself, you’ll see the reality of it.