Yelp
YELP: NYSE; Cyclical Consumer Goods & Services/Media Diversified
Company Information
Yelp
Inc. connects people with great local businesses. Its users have
contributed a total of approximately 36.0 million cumulative reviews of
almost every type of local business, from restaurants, boutiques and
salons to dentists, mechanics and plumbers. Its platform provides local
businesses with a range of free and paid services, which help them to
engage with consumers at moment when they are deciding where to spend
their money. The Company generates revenue from local advertising, brand
advertising and other services. Its products portfolio includes local
business, national/brand advertisers and transaction partners. As of
December 31, 2012, the Company was active in 53 Yelp markets in the
United States and 44 Yelp markets internationally. Effective July 18,
2013, Yelp Inc acquired SeatMe Inc, which is a developer of restaurant
and nightlife categories reservation applications.
Yelp
7th Floor, 706 Mission Street SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Phone: +1 (415) 908-3801
Fax: +1 (302) 674-5266
Web site
7th Floor, 706 Mission Street SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Phone: +1 (415) 908-3801
Fax: +1 (302) 674-5266
Web site
ARTICLES ABOUT YELP
Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online, It Might Cost You
A yearlong investigation by New York regulators has
resulted in the most comprehensive crackdown to date on deceptive
reviews on the Internet.
September 23, 2013, Monday
This Week in Small Business: Half-Time Report
Is Yelp a bully? Or just misunderstood? Plus other highlights from the year’s first half.
July 01, 2013, Monday
Go the Same Way, or Go the Wrong Way
Gone are the days when “conformist” was a slur. Now,
if you’re not following the crowd of five-star dispensers, you are a
tasteless, undiscriminating shlub.
May 5, 2013, Sunday
Study Finds Seafood is Often Mislabeled in New York
Oceana, an international ocean-protection group,
found that 39 percent of the 142 samples of seafood they tested in New
York were mislabeled.
December 11, 2012, Tuesday
MORE ON YELP AND: Boston (Mass), New York City, Los Angeles (Calif), Japan, Food and Drug Administration, Oceana, Yelp, Seafood, Restaurants, DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
Have You Thought About Soliciting a Yelp Review?
If so, you should know that the online review site is conducting sting operations to try to catch business owners who do.
October 18, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON YELP AND: Yelp, Small Business
Daily Report: Yelp Fights Fake Reviews With Shaming
Businesses caught soliciting favorable reviews are
increasingly running the risk of getting slapped with a badge of shame,
particularly on Yelp, David Streitfeld reports in Thursday's New York
Times.
October 18, 2012, Thursday
Buy Reviews on Yelp, Get Black Mark
The guide to finding businesses or restaurants is working to end inaccurate listings.
October 18, 2012, Thursday
The Maker of BlackBerry Defends Its Smartphone
The chief executive of Research In Motion says the BlackBerry remains popular with many users.
October 18, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON YELP AND: Handheld Computers, Blackberry (Handheld Device), Research In Motion Ltd, Yelp, Smartphones, Fortune (Magazine), Mobile Applications
On The Internet: Getting A Taste of Fame
On Sunday, Scott Van Duzer became the Obama
campaign's favorite Republican bench-pressing pizza-parlor owner when
he lifted President Obama off the floor during a surprise hug in his
Florida restaurant. The image made the front pages of newspapers around
the country and immediately whizzed around the Internet. But on
Monday, Mr. Van Duzer found that fame can be a complicated proposition.
The Yelp profile page for his pizza place, which had only two reviews
before Monday ("Love the Pizza, ...
September 11, 2012, Tuesday
MORE ON YELP AND: VAN DUZER, SCOTT, BIG APPLE PIZZA AND PASTA, RESTAURANTS, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2012
In a Contrast, Yelp Shares Jump After a Lockup Period
7:28 p.m. | Updated with closing price. Yelp is shrugging off the social media slump.
August 30, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON YELP AND: INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS, SOCIAL NETWORKING (INTERNET)
Yelp Surges After Lockup Expires
Shares rose 22.51 percent, its largest one-day gain since the company went public in March.
August 29, 2012, Wednesday
Did Yelp and TripAdvisor Push Google to Compete?
By buying Frommer's travel guides, Google has set
competitors like Yelp and TripAdvisor on edge. But, as an analyst points
out, Google is publishing its own reviews because its first attempts at
collecting reviews also angered competitors.
August 16, 2012, Thursday
MORE ON YELP AND: Frommer's, Google Inc, TripAdvisor.com, Yelp, Travel and Vacations, Computers and the Internet
‘My Indifferent Waiter,’ a One-Man Show
A new series of comedic Web videos uses the genre of Internet reviews to generate laughs.
August 2, 2012, Thursday
A YouTube Series: ‘Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews’
A new series of comedic Web videos uses the genre of Internet reviews to generate laughs.
August 01, 2012, Wednesday
Yelp Revenue Up 67% for Second Quarter
Yelp, the customer-reviews Web site, said it had
signed up more advertisers in the second quarter and was raising its
full-year revenue forecast.
August 01, 2012, Wednesday
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