Are Yelp Business Page Upgrades worth it?

[Barry-QDCC]

Everyone I've talked to about the value of advertising on Yelp (and do searches about) have indicated that it is NOT worth it to spend the $400 or whatever they want monthly to advertise with Yelp.

I just recently noticed they have what they are calling "Business Page Upgrades". They have 3 listed.

1. Call to action buttons for your business page- $50 per month
2. Slide show that runs when your page is up - $25 per month.
3. Restrict competitors ads from appearing on your page - $50 per month

I'm especially interested in #2 and #3. Does anyone use these upgrades? What is everyone's thoughts on these?

 

[Russ T.]

I've heard Yelp is going the way of Angie's List, financially.

Not going so well for the Yelp...

Twitter too.

Have I heard wrong?

 

[Clean Response]

Yelp is big in some area and not so big in others; so it depends on your area I think.

 

[QDCC-Barry]

Since there hasn't been much response to the actual question I asked - I'm going to assume not many people use these add-ons.

 

[Shane Deubell]

I dont like the add ons but never did it.

If yelp was in top 3 in my area i would focus on getting reviews by any means necessary. Dont see any benefit if they dont rank in top 3.