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Fortunately, for restaurants and perhaps for everything, I don't seem to notice anybody caring about yelp reviews or ratings anymore, and that's been the case (

Fortunately, for restaurants and perhaps for everything, I don't seem to notice anybody caring about yelp reviews or ratings anymore, and that's been the case (in Austin, Texas where I live, anyway) for years now. I mean, how often do you check on Yelp before deciding to check out a restaurant? I think it's been over a decade since I did such a thing, if I ever did. It may be precisely the tendency you mention, that is the reason people stopped caring about yelp reviews.

edude03 5y ago
Yelp specifically I check very in frequently, Google maps however shows the reviews upfront and center, so I take those fairly seriously
- aklemm 5y ago
  Seconding Google Maps for ratings.
- Talanes 5y ago
  I'd imagine you're also getting a pool of more impulsive reviews than Yelp, for what that's worth. People are more likely to already have an account, and you can leave reviews directly from a Google search page.
121789 5y ago
Yelp is still plenty good as a rough approximation for quality for me. Anything under a 3.5ish is buyer beware and anything above a 4 is a pretty safe bet the restaurant is good enough.
switchbak 5y ago
Ever since Yelp started excluding my (2 or 3) useful reviews of fraudulent businesses, I no longer trust them. I asked them why they were filtering my reviews, and got the old "sorry, the algorithm has decided you're not to be trusted, nothing I can do" line. So much for trying to warn people, I suppose. Though I've seen similar behavior with Google too.
dreamcompiler 5y ago
6 or 8 years ago I used Yelp often. But when they began to insist on showing me e.g. 12 McDonalds when I searched for $Specific_Local_Burger_Place, showing sponsored results up top to obscure the restaurant I just clicked on, and tried to force me to use their app instead of their web site, I began walking toward the exit. When I found out later how they were running a protection racket to shake down restaurants, I ran for the exit. Nice restaurant review service you have there, Yelp. Be a shame if something happened to it. Especially if that something was your own damn fault.

edude03 5y ago

Yelp specifically I check very in frequently, Google maps however shows the reviews upfront and center, so I take those fairly seriously

aklemm 5y ago
Seconding Google Maps for ratings.
Talanes 5y ago
I'd imagine you're also getting a pool of more impulsive reviews than Yelp, for what that's worth. People are more likely to already have an account, and you can leave reviews directly from a Google search page.

121789 5y ago

Yelp is still plenty good as a rough approximation for quality for me. Anything under a 3.5ish is buyer beware and anything above a 4 is a pretty safe bet the restaurant is good enough.

switchbak 5y ago

Ever since Yelp started excluding my (2 or 3) useful reviews of fraudulent businesses, I no longer trust them. I asked them why they were filtering my reviews, and got the old "sorry, the algorithm has decided you're not to be trusted, nothing I can do" line. So much for trying to warn people, I suppose. Though I've seen similar behavior with Google too.

dreamcompiler 5y ago

6 or 8 years ago I used Yelp often. But when they began to insist on showing me e.g. 12 McDonalds when I searched for $Specific_Local_Burger_Place, showing sponsored results up top to obscure the restaurant I just clicked on, and tried to force me to use their app instead of their web site, I began walking toward the exit. When I found out later how they were running a protection racket to shake down restaurants, I ran for the exit. Nice restaurant review service you have there, Yelp. Be a shame if something happened to it. Especially if that something was your own damn fault.