It’s important for business owners to list their companies in prominent and reputable business directories. Often these listings are free, but even if you have to pay a small fee, it can be worth it.

You can check-in on Yelp so that friends and other Yelp users can see businesses you've visited and reviewed. Here's how to do it.

Yelp is releasing new features as part of its winter release, which includes a more visual feed, AI-powered summaries of businesses, and number masking while contacting businesses for better privacy.