A working library on Yelp advertising for service businesses.

The Yelp Hub is a purposeful knowledge resource on Yelp advertising, built and maintained by Circulation Studio, a Yelp Ads Certified Partner since the program began. What we learn managing real campaigns gets written down here so you can check our thinking. Read it, cite it, or bring it to your next budget conversation.

Added to as the work produces something worth writing down, rather than on a schedule. Last reviewed July 2026.

Calculators and estimators are in the build phase and will be listed here when the first one ships.

Start here Yelp Advertising Partner: what certification changes for your account What certification is, what it gets you, and what it costs

Chosen rather than sorted

Whitepaper The State of Yelp Advertising for Service Businesses in 2026 Yelp is now a services platform with a restaurant section attached. What that means for a service business deciding where its next advertising dollar goes. Updated Jun 2026 Read the whitepaper

The full index

Coverage map, everything published, by cluster

Seven clusters

For the reader who wants the whole picture rather than a recommendation. The subject laid out as seven clusters. Every long entry we have published sits under the cluster it belongs to. The library is added to as the work produces something worth writing down, so a cluster with one entry today is a cluster we are still in.

Cost and pricing

Last added Jun 2026

Whitepaper The State of Yelp Advertising for Service Businesses in 2026What a dollar buys across nine trades, method shown.

Value and results

Last added Aug 2026

Service Yelp Rank Tracking: a hand-checked report on where you rankWhere you rank in Yelp search, checked by hand

Profile and reviews

In preparation

The longer entries for this cluster are in preparation.

Comparisons and alternatives

In preparation

The longer entries for this cluster are in preparation.

Partners and management

Last added Aug 2026

Service Yelp Advertising Partner: what certification changes for your accountWhat certification is, what it gets you, and what it costs

Mechanics and how-to

Last added Aug 2026

Article Yelp personal vs business account: what each one doesWhat each Yelp account can and cannot do

Industry verticals

In preparation

The longer entries for this cluster are in preparation.

Service, from the studio

Yelp Rank Tracking

Monthly tracking of where your business ranks in Yelp search for the terms that bring you work, reported plainly and tied to what we would change next. A managed service, run by the team, not a self-serve tool.

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Position report Jun 2026
Search term	Position	Change
emergency plumber, Laguna Beach	3	Was 7
water heater repair	5	Held
drain cleaning near me	2	Was 4
slab leak detection	9	Was 14
Sample rows from a monthly report. A real one carries your terms, your market and a note on what we would change next.

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