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Street FIght Daily: Yelp Quantifies Its Value for SMBs, Identifying Anonymous …

A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology. Yelp Announces A New ‘Revenue Estimator’ For Small Businesses (TechCrunch) Yelp is announcing a new feature intended to highlight and quantify the value that the listing and review site provides for small businesses. The feature separates customer leads from page views — those leads…
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Yelp's Top 10 Restaurants in Northbrook: Do You Agree?

Websites such as Yelp! have empowered the everyday eater to become their local neighborhood's food critic, praising and damning behind the anonymity of a computer screen. So what do your neighbors have to say on Yelp? Based on Yelp!'s highest-rated star ranking, here are the top 10 restaurants in Northbrook.  Ruth's Chris Steak House Francesco's Hole In the Wall Elegance-in…
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comScore Announces U.S. Launch of Media Metrix® Multi-Platform to Deliver Unified View of Desktop, Smartphone and …

RESTON, Va., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the official U.S. launch of Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, the next generation of digital audience measurement and media planning. Building on Media Metrix®, Mobile Metrix® and Video Metrix® from comScore's Audience Analytics suite, this first-of-its-kind product – originally…
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Yelp's Top 10 Restaurants in Winnetka, Glencoe, Northfield: Do You Agree?

Websites like Yelp! have empowered the everyday eater to become their local neighborhood's food critic, praising and damning behind the anonymity of a computer screen. So what do your neighbors have to say on Yelp? Based on Yelp!'s highest-rated star ranking, here are the top 10 restaurants in Winnetka, Glencoe and Northfield.  Cafe Buongiorno Restaurant Michael Marco Roma Pizzeria Avli…
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This Week in Small Business: Does Yelp Help?

Dashboard A weekly roundup of small-business developments. What’s affecting me, my clients and other small-business owners this week. Economy 1: Turning the Corner A Wall Street Journal study of small-business chief executives shows some optimism, and economic confidence is up along with a rise in the stock market. A new survey shows a steady, four-year…
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Is Yelp Yahoo's Potential M&A Target?

Yelp, Inc. ( YELP ) operates a social networking website that allows users to rate and review different places. The company's journey so far has been inconsistent. Even though Yelp has managed a steady rise in its revenue, the costs of its operations have also risen significantly, and this has weakened its overall financial performance.…