How Does Yelp Filter Bad Reviews?

How Does Yelp Filter Bad Reviews?

In this video, Yelp explains in a nutshell how their service works and how reviews are filtered for a business listing. The overall goal of Yelp’s reviews are to keep out spam and un-trusted comments. Let’s be honest, not all reviews that people post are...
YELP can help your small business

YELP can help your small business

Over the past year, we have seen a lot of San Diego based businesses increase their web traffic through Yelp. Businesses that can gain positive Yelp reviews from active users will see an increase in their business. The question is, are you a Yelper? If not, you should...
Google Places Not Totally Trustworthy

Google Places Not Totally Trustworthy

Google Places information can not be trusted. We write a lot about Google on this blog and most of it is great. We love their search and fast changing service offerings. To be fair, we want to point out how poor Google Places is and how frustrating it can be to work...
The Super Bowl Ads That Drew Attention

The Super Bowl Ads That Drew Attention

After a commercial have you ever heard people say something like “well that was a dumb ad” and then the entire room breaks into a discussion about the product? If that is the case then the marketing team did their job. The goal of an advertisement, whether...
Adding Social Media Links To Your Website

Adding Social Media Links To Your Website

Having a presence in social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and Youtube is critical to your web presence. Linking these together with your own website is an important way to tie together your online marketing efforts. You should think of your website as...