Yelp launches 15 AI-powered updates for service brands and restaurants
Yelp now make it easier for businesses to capture high-quality leads, streamline restaurant operations, and deliver better customer experiences.
Topic: Restaurant
Google expands AI organized search results to restaurants
Google expanded these for dining recommendations within Google Search.
Google Business Profile’s AI-transcribed menu upload just got better
GBP now accepts multi-page PDF menus. Find out how this AI-powered update simplifies uploads, boosts accuracy and enhances restaurant SEO.
Google to deprecate Sitemaps ping endpoint later this year
Instead, Google is recommending an accurate lastmod date in your Sitemap file.
Google tool for reporting domain verification and user management issues with Search Console
Google is piloting a program to allow some users to contact Google over Search Console domain verification and user management issues.
Users can now leave more detailed restaurant reviews on Google
Details like price range and meal type are useful for potential customers, but will Google use it to enable search filters?
Yelp’s Waitlist, analytics and POS updates aim to address shifting consumer preferences
Waitlist now supports takeout orders, and enhanced analytics may help managers evaluate how their restaurants are performing
Yelp offers upgraded COVID reopening tools for local businesses, restaurants
The company is also modifying Waitlist to help restaurants to better manage capacity during mandatory social distancing.
Tripadvisor’s new ‘Review Hub’ lets restaurateurs manage reviews from multiple sources in one place
The subscription-based product can also be used to identify review trends across sites.
Restaurant app Tobiko goes old school by shunning user reviews
The app represents a return to the simplicity of expert reviews.
Restaurants believe digital channels more important than consumers say they are
Online reviews cited by 48% of owners as influential; only 35% percent of consumers agreed.
“Popular dishes” have arrived in Google Maps listings
Machine learning will match restaurants’ most popular offerings with corresponding reviews.
Duplex-powered Google Assistant restaurant booking expanding to more states and users
Available on Pixel phones, it will be rolling out to other Android and iOS users in the near future.
Bing offers a trio of new local search APIs
Each one performs different but complementary functions for enterprises and app developers.
Google testing restaurant booking with both ‘reserve a table’ and ‘tables tomorrow’ buttons
Google keeps testing new ways to reserve tables or book appointments in local listings. Here is one unusual test.
Restaurant owners can now edit menu listings in Google My Business
Create a structured restaurant menu that can display in mobile search listings directly in Google My Business.
Google adds menu tab to restaurants’ local panel
Google is now adding more tab options to the local panel. Not only do we see an overview and reviews tab, but now a menu tab and others.
Bing has a chatbot answering local search questions
Skype-powered chatbot is showing up as an assistant to help searchers learn about restaurants in the Seattle area.
Bing previews new Bing Search APIs
Bing adds tons of features to their Bing Search APIs, which now are REST APIs.
Bing’s New “Menu Favorites” Feature Recommends Dishes Based On User Reviews
Local restaurant listings within the Bing app now include a "Menu favorites" section with top-rated menu items.
Google Search Lets You Filter Restaurants By What’s Open Now, Price & More
Google announced you can now filter your restaurant searches by price, ratings, cuisine, and if it’s open right now. All you need to do is go to Google on your desktop or mobile device and search for [show me some restaurants in downtown Austin] or related searches, and Google will give you the ability to […]
Now Official: Google Adds Restaurant Menus To Search Results
That Google menus experiment we told you about a couple weeks ago? It’s now official. But it’s only available in the U.S. at the moment. Google announced that it’s now showing restaurant menus as a OneBox-style answer at the top of its search results. It seems to be primarily triggered by searches that involve both […]
Google Showing Restaurant Menus In Card-Style Search Result
Google has started showing complete restaurant menus in its search results when a query specifically looks for menu information. We think Allie Brown was the first to spot this when she shared the results of a search for “jones brunch menu” on Twitter. For that query, Google begins the search results with a card-style answer […]
YP: 30 Percent Of Search Queries Now Coming From Mobile
Local search provider and online ad network YP has released its end of the year review report (.pdf). The data are drawn from a huge volume of queries on its PC destination site, its mobile site and apps, as well as its broader advertising network. YP says that 30 percent of its overall query volume […]
Yahoo’s Local Focus: Offers, Sketch-A-Search & Restaurant Search Upgrades Coming Soon
In conjunction with an appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit today, Yahoo made several announcements of new products with a local focus. Here’s a look at what Yahoo is rolling out now and planning to introduce down the road. Yahoo Local Offers Deals and coupons are a pretty hot item these days in the local […]
Boorah Restaurant Reviews: Zagat On Steroids
Does the Internet really need another local restaurant review site? Yes say the founders of Boorah, a new vertical search destination and aggregator of local restaurant reviews. Boorah collects reviews from existing local search and content sites, summarizes and enhances the data and builds additional features on top.