Some business owners have found that review sites such as Yelp! and Google Maps can be a boon for business, while others have developed a love/hate relationship with them.

Well, love the fact that customers can go online and express their opinion about an experience with your business or hate the fact that prospects and search engines alike are making reviews a key data point when making decisions about your business, they don’t appear to be going away anytime soon.

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Link building is one of the key elements to Search Engine Optimization.  The more reputable sites you can get to refer people to your site, the better your search engine results will be.  You will usually need a well known and positive reputation in order to garner such links, but there are some small steps you can take on your own to get the ball rolling.
There You Are!
I don’t know about you, but when I first decide where I want to go shopping, one of the first questions I ask myself is, “what’s near me?”  I’d be willing to bet …

Looking for a good Chinese restaurant in your area? Yelp! can help. Trying to find a Dentist? Yelp! is there. Not happy with your current banker? Yelp! has some thoughts on that as well.

So what is Yelp!?

Yelp! is an online location where your customers can gather and swap reviews about your business and others like it. It is part of a large and growing trend of online customer review sites (Angie’s List, Judy’s Book, and RateItAll are some of the other notable players in the market).

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