Search firms Google and Yahoo, and social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok are competing aggressively with Yelp to win the advertising dollar of small businesses. New nightlife listings were up 26%, hotel and travel businesses were up 23%, beauty listings were up 14% and restaurants and food openings were up 10%. In 2021, business openings on Yelp increased by 8% to 559,715, Yelp reported in January 2022. Yelp is adding this feature at a time when new business openings are starting to return to pre-pandemic levels. Helping small businesses message consumers and target them by location “We recognize that no two businesses are the same, which is why it’s important that business owners have the ability to tailor their advertising,” she said. The keyword boosting rollout “represents our continued dedication to help local businesses succeed in what’s proven to be an unpredictable landscape,” Le said. Businesses still see those default words when creating ads, but can customize which words are optimized or blocked. Previously, Yelp assigned search engine keywords by default, based on business categories. We had heard from business owners that they wanted more control over where their ads appear, which inspired our team to create keyword boosting. While keyword blocking has been available on the platform since 2020, Yelp added keyword boosting this year. “We had heard from business owners that they wanted more control over where their ads appear, which inspired our team to create keyword boosting,” Kathy Le, group product manager of Yelp, told CO. Optimizing keywords like ‘Sunday brunch’ or ‘catering’ too woo consumers seeking those optionsīusinesses pay Yelp based on how many people click on ads, making it important for those ads to connect with consumers who are most likely to become paying customers. For example, a restaurant that is too small for weddings or parties could block the phrases "wedding venue" or "party venue" so that it doesn’t pay for ad clicks by customers looking for large event spaces. Keyword blocking allows a business to block search words that don't match the service they offer. It also can use existing keyword-blocking tools on Yelp to further fine-tune the impact of ads. Yelp responded with a new advertising feature, keyword boosting, that allows businesses to target their ad spending around specific search engine words.įor example, a restaurant could select “Sunday brunch” or “catering” as optimized keywords, to boost impressions among customers seeking those options. Small business owners told Yelp they needed better ways to steer ads to customers seeking specific goods and services.
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