When the online review platform Yelp added a "Black-owned" tag in 2020, it boosted the visibility of Black-owned restaurants in Detroit. It also caused their ratings to drop, according to our recent ...

When the online review platform Yelp added a “Black-owned” tag in 2020, it boosted the visibility of Black-owned restaurants in Detroit. It also caused their ratings to drop, according to our recent ...

Yelp review that mentioned 'Black-owned' due to the implementation of the tag coincided with a reduction in overall ratings. Yelp’s introduction of a “Black-owned” tag for its listings coincides with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yelp's Black-owned tag was designed to help business owners like Don Studvent attract more customers. His restaurant closed in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Both local and nonlocal reviewers who showed awareness of a restaurant’s Black ...

This research was supported by a research grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Matthew Bui does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...