Yelp. The People Have Spoken.

Yelp is a website that can best be described as a cross between the Yellow Pages and a social networking site. It features information on local business from restaurants to dentists. The thing that makes Yelp special, however are the reviews.

Yelp users are encouraged to write reviews for business they have used. The business are, for the most part, unable to change the reviews and users are encourage to be as honest, helpful and even as entertaining as they can in their opinions.

In addition to reviews, Yelp users can rate business from one to five stars. When you visit a businesses page, the average star rating is prominently displayed, along with the reviews and other information.

The Yelp database is searchable, making it easy to find, say, best the sushi restaurant in the West Los Angeles area as judged by people who actually ate there. Yelp is a very fun and helpful website that should have a space on your browser's toolbar.

As you might have guessed, "I'm Your Genius" is on Yelp. So, If you would like to write a review, just click the red button at the top of this article, register with Yelp and write your review.

And, if you have a small business that could use some extra advertising, check out Yelp for Business Owners. As my girlfriend says, "Why not? It don't cost nothin'."