Yelp adds 8 searchable accessibility business attributes

Yelp in the present day launched eight new enterprise attributes you could add to your web page to assist folks with disabilities uncover your native enterprise.

The brand new attributes. Yelp added the next:

Mobility accessibility attributes:

• Accessible parking close to entrance 
• ADA-compliant major entrance
• ADA-compliant restroom
• No steps or stairs

Listening to accessibility attributes:

• ASL proficient
• Closed captioning on TVs (for eating places, meals, and nightlife companies solely)

Imaginative and prescient accessibility attributes:

• Braille menus accessible (for eating places, meals, and nightlife companies solely)
• QR code menus accessible (for eating places, meals, and nightlife companies solely)

The way to add the attributes. Merely edit the Enterprise Info part of your Yelp for Enterprise account.

What it means. Anybody can search Yelp utilizing phrases like [Wheelchair accessible], [ASL proficient], or [Braille menus] to search out companies which have added these attributes. The attributes seem on Yelp enterprise pages below a brand new Accessibility part.

What it seems to be like. Yelp shared this screenshot:

Why we care. Individuals with mobility, listening to or imaginative and prescient accessibility wants now have a straightforward solution to search Yelp to search out native companies that may accommodate them.

What Yelp is saying. Akhil Kuduvalli Ramesh, SVP of Product, Yelp, stated:

• “To assist folks uncover and join with nice native companies it’s vital that they’ll decide if these companies will accommodate their wants, particularly with regards to accessibility. With these new accessibility attributes, we’re excited to assist companies extra clearly point out their inclusive practices to make it even simpler for folks to search out the correct enterprise for them.”