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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Internet search king Google Inc. announced Monday that it is close to closing a deal with travel guidebooks line Frommer’s. The acquisition is seen as an effort for Google to amass a stockpile of publishing content to strengthen its role in the online travel broker business. The acquisition comes nearly a year after the $151-million purchase of Zagat Survey, which offers reviews of restaurants, hotels and other hotspots around...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced that management will present at the Oppenheimer Technology, Internet & Communications Conference in Boston, MA on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 11:45 a.m. ET. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO) A webcast of the presentation will be available on the company's investor relations website at...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO) Net revenue was $32.7 million in the second quarter of 2012, reflecting 67% growth in net revenue from the second quarter of 2011 Cumulative reviews grew 54% year over year to more than 30 million Average...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced that it will issue its financial results for second quarter ended June 30, 2012 after the market close on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Yelp will host a conference call to discuss the results at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on the same day. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO) To access the...
LONDON, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced the expansion of their UK presence with the opening of their new sales office in London. Yelp has created 100 new jobs in London to help build their new sales and marketing teams. This announcement is a landmark moment for the expansion of Yelp's European operations as it moves to monetise its services in Europe for the first time. (Photo:...
NEW YORK, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- User-generated online reviews can bring with them a mixture of pros and cons--not just for the users themselves, but also for the companies being reviewed. A recent article from SEOptimise highlights the divisive nature of user-generated reviews. According to the article, many marketers and business owners welcome online reviews from users, noting that these reviews are typically keyword-rich, and also offer a heightened sense of...
DENVER, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In June of 2012, InternetReputation.com, an award-winning Internet reputation management firm located in the United States, announced a new strategy for business owners struggling with the impact of negative online reviews. With this new strategy in place, the company hopes to assist businesses who face a serious economic impact from these online reviews, but who have received little to no assistance from Yelp for this ongoing problem....
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced it will begin featuring content on Bing Local search pages. The new "Powered by Yelp" experience will begin rolling out today, with full U.S. availability in the coming weeks. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO) Yelp will surface content including, review snippets, photos, business attributes, and more,...
LOS ANGELES, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp.com, established in 2004, allows consumers to publicly post reviews of their business experiences. According to Yelp, it was created to "help people find great local businesses." It's become an incredibly informative tool in this age of user-generated content (currently over 27 million reviews have been posted). So, it's telling when a company has a pristine record on Yelp, which, by their system, would be a full 5 stars out of 5. MPG...
HELSINKI, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced the availability of Yelp Finland (http://www.yelp.fi). Beginning today, Finns are able to create accounts on Yelp.fi to share their opinions about great local businesses and services. Yelp's free iPhone and Android applications have also been made available in Finland, as well as its free suite of business owner tools: Yelp for Business...
