Yelp
Foursquare Introduces “Attribution” To Measure Offline Results
Company's entry into location analytics segment adds further momentum to the attribution revolution....
Yelp Offers Full Reviews Database To Social Monitoring Tool Sprinklr
Company sees the deal as way to show the value of Yelp to brands....
5 Yelp Facts Business Owners Should Know (But Most Don’t)
Business owners: Yelp doesn't have to be a source of anxiety! Columnist Brian Patterson explains how you can make the review site work for...
Yelp 2015 Revenue $550M, Projects Nearly $700M For 2016
Company reported 111,000 local advertising accounts, up from 19,000 in 2011....
Expand Your Search Presence With External Sites
Search engine optimization (SEO) is about more than your website. Columnist Dan Bagby explains how to optimize content on external web...
Yelp Beats Expectations With $143.6 Million In Revenue, Transactions Way Up
Yelp announced Q3 2015 earnings this afternoon. The company had better than expected quarterly revenues of $143.6 million versus analyst...
Yelp Penalizes 100+ Movers Alliance Business Listings After Group Charged With Misleading Customers
Listings managed by the moving company received Reputation Warning alerts after Yelp discovered customers were being pressured to write positive...
Yelp Earnings: 51 Percent Revenue Growth, But Outlook Disappoints
Yelp announced Q2 2015 earnings this afternoon. The company had quarterly revenues of $133.9 million, which represented 51 percent...
Study Claims Google Is Delivering “Degraded” Search Results, Adding Steam To EU Antitrust Case
Sponsored by Yelp, the study showed users were more likely to click on merit-based search results over Google's self promoted...
Yelp Upgraded Business Owner App Brings Mobile-First Account Management
Yelp has updated and upgraded its Yelp for Business Owner’s mobile app — for both iOS and Android. The new version of the app adds two...
Federal “Review Freedom Act” Wants To Make U.S. Yelp-Safe For Consumers
Many non-lawyers are unaware that it’s legally possible for consumers to waive their free speech rights to negatively review or otherwise...
Yelp Posts 55 Percent Revenue Growth ($118.5M) But Disappoints Investors
Yelp announced Q1 earnings this afternoon of $118.5 million, which was 55 percent growth over Q1 2014. However the market had expected revenues...
VA Court: Yelp Doesn’t Have To Reveal Identities Of Anonymous Reviewers
The Virginia Supreme Court has issued a ruling that Yelp is not compelled to reveal the identities of seven anonymous online reviewers. The...
Incentivized Check-ins: A “White-Hat” Trick For Getting More Reviews On Yelp
At the LSA-SMX West Local Search Advantage Workshop this week, Yelp’s Luther Lowe offered a number of “white hat tips” for...
Yelp Achieves Profitability For First Time, Announces 72 Million Mobile Users
Yelp just announced Q4 2014 and full year results. Revenue came in at just under $110 million for the quarter, which represented 56 percent...
FTC Closes Yelp “Review Manipulation” Investigation Without Taking Action
Yelp reported on its blog that the US Federal Trade Commission has concluded a “deep inquiry into [Yelp’s] business practices”...
Yelp Introduces New App For Business Owners With Push Notifications
Yelp is releasing a new app for business owners. Unsurprisingly called “Yelp for Business Owners,” it’s available for iOS and...
Yelp Has Strong Q3, 45 Percent Of Reviews Now From Mobile
This afternoon Yelp announced revenue of $102.5 million for third quarter, which represented 67 percent growth vs. last year. Revenues and...
Yelp Adds Hotel Reservations To Its List Of Booking Services
Yelp has increasingly been integrating transaction and commerce capabilities into its site. It started long ago with OpenTable and more broadly...
Yelp Fined $450K By FTC For Collecting Kids’ Registration Info
The U.S. FTC announced today that Yelp agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a complaint brought for violations of the Children’s Online...