Yelp Redesign Puts You Closer to Your Friends

Yelp, one of the two top travel review sites on the web, has recently unveiled a subtle redesign that puts more emphasis on social. The site has slowly evolved over the years from a simple review aggregator to a community-oriented portal. The redesign emphasizes this direction, by making a home page that highlights your location, your friends, your profile, your friend requests, popular reviews and more.

Yelp, one of the two top travel review sites on the web, has recently unveiled a subtle redesign that puts more emphasis on social. The site has slowly evolved over the years from a simple review aggregator to a community-oriented portal.

The redesign emphasizes this direction, by making a home page that highlights your location, your friends, your profile, your friend requests, popular reviews and more.

The news was announced by Mark Allen on the Yelp blog, and he highlights that most of the features are now related to your friends.

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