Author | Chatmeter TeamDate Posted | January 21, 2019

How Does Yelp Rank My Business Listings Online?

How The Heck Does Yelp Decide Where to Rank My Business?

This is a great question and we all have pondered the answer. At times, we all have had some idea about how Yelp actually ranks business, from the amount and quality of reviews that a business has, to the categories that the businesses listed under and even to the relevance of keywords in reviews. These are all very common but we all know that there is more to it.

The article Yelp Ranking Factors really dives into some of the other factors Yelp appears to use to determine how a business is ranked but here are the highlights.

We’ll help you uncover Yelp’s mysterious ranking factors:

To climb to the top of Yelp, you need a partner in the know. We can be that partner! Chatmeter’s partnership with Yelp can help improve your online reputation in a number of ways. Some of the methods that the article talks about are:
One of the first things we do is let you know if your Yelp listing is found and if it is claimed. We also give personalized recommendations that will give you steps to help improve your visibility across the web, not just on Yelp. We let you know if you have duplicate listings and if there are any listings that are inconsistent. Another tip to help rank higher on Yelp is to point out what categories you have listed and which ones you should have listed. Our tool does this across the major local sites, including Yelp.