Yelp is an online and mobile platform that crowdsources reviews about local businesses, including categories such as restaurants, cafés, beauty salons, fitness and health centers, among many others. Since launching in 2004, Yelp has diversified its service offering by providing small businesses advisory o how to improve their ranking as well as a reservation service for restaurants. Yelp became a public company in 2012.
Alternatives to Yelp
Glassdoor
Company: Glassdoor, Inc. | Founder: Tim Besse, Rich Barton, Robert Hohman | CEO: Robert Hohman | Since: 2007
Glassdoor is a platform that enables users to access job listings as well as user-generated, anonymous, feedback on companies. User feedback includes company reviews, salary information, interview questions, and other data points that help job seekers have an inside look…
Angie’s List
Company: Angie’s List, Inc. | Founder: Angie Hicks, William S. Oesterle | CEO: Scott A. Durchslag | Since: 1995
Angie’s List is an online directory that provides consumer reviews of local services in the US and parts of Canada. Members of Angie’s list can review companies and give a grade from A to F based on the criteria of…
Final edit: Jan Willem Beumer, editor-in-chief of Mindbogglingmedia