Solicitation I Just Got Offering Yelp Reviews For Sale Before you get too excited, I'm not ever going to tell you to buy reviews. It's stupid, dangerous, and has the very likely potential to get your account labeled as fraudulent. I'm not even just making assumptions. We tested it by creating "new businesses" (that didn't…
Posted By Anna Roth @annaroth on Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:02 AMThe internet’s all in a tizzy the past few days thanks to a Wednesday ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, which said that review site Yelp could manipulate its ratings for money.So, say a small diner makes a big ad buy on the site, those extra…
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Great idea and very convenient, but too many botched deliveries. Review: One star. That, in a nutshell, sums up investors’ sentiments on Yelp right now. The company’s stock fell as much as 30% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company posted disappointing sales results. That drop effectively erases all Yelp’s stock gains from the last…
Many people turn to the Internet to get reviews on restaurants before deciding to dine there, but some local complaints about Yelp.com have some expressing reservations about using the site. Watch the video for more information. Online resource: Follow Trish Van Pilsum on Twitter
Many people turn to the Internet to get reviews on restaurants before deciding to dine there, but some local complaints about Yelp.com have some expressing reservations about using the site. Watch the video for more information. Online resource: Follow Trish Van Pilsum on Twitter
Yelp Inc., owner of a website that lets consumers review local businesses, reported a wider fourth- quarter loss than analysts estimated as it boosted spending on expansion into new markets. The net loss was $5.32 million, or 8 cents a share, the company said yesterday in a statement. Analysts on average projected a loss of…
Yelp posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss and its shares fell 6 percent in after-market trading as the San Francisco consumer review website faces competition from Facebook.Facebook last month unveiled a new feature called "graph search" that lets its users to trawl their network of friends to find everything from restaurants to movie recommendations, bringing it…
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology. Yelp CEO Takes $1 Salary (CNET) Add Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive of business reviews site Yelp, to the list of CEOs who are willing to work for $1. Stoppelman will take a $1 base salary for 2013, according to information in Yelp’s 8-K…
Wed Feb 6, 2013 6:34pm EST * Fourth-quarter loss/shr $0.08 vs est loss/shr $0.05 * Revenue up 65 pct at $41.2 mln vs est $40.3 mln* Shares down 6 percent after market* Expects 1st-qtr revenue $44 mln-$44.5 mln vs est $43.8 mln (Adds CEO comments from conference call)By Chandni DoulatramaniFeb 6 (Reuters) - Yelp Inc…
Hi Tops co-owner Jesse Woodward. Photo: The Chronicle From the local scene: Where have all the San Francisco gay bars gone? And why have they gone there? Well, it’s due to a combination of factors, according to a San Francisco State professor: a big part is social acceptance in the city, as well as the…
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology. Yelp CEO Takes $1 Salary (CNET) Add Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive of business reviews site Yelp, to the list of CEOs who are willing to work for $1. Stoppelman will take a $1 base salary for 2013, according to information in Yelp’s 8-K…
Ruth Reichl has given an amazing interview to Fashion Week Daily. She describes the lavish lifestyle of Conde Nast, confirms that Gilt Taste is "basically over" and admits that she never looked at Gourmet Live, the digital offspring of her beloved Gourmet magazine (RIP), where she served as editor-in-chief. Ruth really lets the claws (okay,…
Yelp released its Q4 and full-year 2012 earnings report on Wednesday after market close. The company posted net revenue of $41.2 million for the quarter, a 65% year-over-year increase. Yelp also posted a $5.3 million net loss for Q4. Cumulative reviews grew 45% year-over-year to over 36 million by the end of the year. Average…