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Google Buys Zagat: Reviews Platform is the Focus
Google’s march into local reached another milestone today with the acquisition of Zagat, a major, international provider of high end restaurant and lifestyle reviews in 100+ cities. Zagat remains a...
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Reading Yelp’s S1: Rapid Growth, Amidst Challenges
Yelp’s S1, which was issued last week as a run-up to a $100 million IPO, reveals a lot of new data about the reviews leader. The big question about Yelp has been whether it can grow against increased...
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Milestone: Yelp’s IPO is Today
Yelp is IPOing today at $15 a share, allowing it to raise $123 million on a valuation of $900 million –$400 million more than it was apparently offered by Google a couple of years ago. We know from...
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Yelp Rolls Out Local Revenue Estimator
Primitive (and perhaps misleading) estimates on effective ROI have driven many local publishers up the wall. During Yelp‘s IPO period, one analyst suggested that it cost pizza shops almost a hundred...
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LA Times Columnist Calls out Yelp for ‘Suppressing’ Reviews
I think Yelp is a fantastic service and a top resource, especially when I am travelling. But it was disturbing to read a column in The Los Angeles Times on Saturday by Sandy Banks, which suggests that...
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LSA16: Yelp Says Ads Remain ‘Core of Product’
Greg Sterling interviews Geoff Donaker at LSA16 (Photo, LSA Insider) Yelp and other SMB channels are providing an increasing number of marketing services to their SMB customers. Interviewed by Greg...
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Yelp Gets a Big Bounce: But Where Does It Go From Here?
Yelp has exceeded its revenue goals this quarter – with earnings up 30 percent from $134 Million to $174 Million. Its local results have been especially strong with 128,400 local accounts in 30...
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Yelp Extends its SMB Features, Adding Empyr’s Cash Back Loyalty Program
Yelp has made great strides in extending beyond reviews with reservations, food delivery, requests for quotes and other services. It will now add Yelp Cash Back via a new deal with Empyr, an...
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With Wi-Fi, Yelp Adds More Muscle to Growing Platform
Yelp added Wi-Fi to its growing set of value added, “beyond advertising” SMB features today, acquiring Turnstyle Analytics for $20 Million in cash. The Toronto-based company, which competes with other...
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LSA18: Yelp’s Chad Richard On The ‘Decentralization of Reservations’
Digital reservations are seizing on SaaS cloud-based models and becoming the norm not only for Open Table-oriented white table cloth restaurants, but fast casual restaurants, beauty salons, spas and...
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