Your Yelp Results Will, Like Everything Else, Now Be Determined by an Algorithm

So long, search results based on what you searched

If you were excited about Yelp being the last place that didn’t sort your feed based on some algorithm you have no control over, welp, sorry. According to OneZero, Yelp is rolling out a new version of its app that’ll sort your search results based on what it’s determined you want to see, based on information you’ve provided. So “If you have young kids, you might see family activities like a children’s museum featured in the app on a Saturday morning instead of, say, boozy brunch spots. If you need gender-neutral bathrooms, Yelp will highlight businesses that offer them over those that don’t.” Which actually sounds pretty nice!

Of course that comes with the caveat of yet another corporation having access to your private information, and that maybe sometimes you want to search for something that does not fall within the parameters of what Yelp thinks you normally want. But the transparency counts for something, especially since they’re still in hot water for funneling phone calls through GrubHub to make extra money.

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