Yelp Sucks

Restaurateurs who thought getting good recommendations on Yelp was good enough, have a new score to deal with: hygiene data from the health departments. Yelp says the health inspection data will initially be provided in San Francisco and New York, and that it will be coming soon to restaurant reviews in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago.…

Despite Yelp's (YELP) inability to turn a profit since going public in the Spring of 2012, as shown here, some Wall Street analysts and pundits still remain bullish on the stock. Wall Street analysts who see significant upside for Yelp often base their opinion on the questionable logic that the company's future is bright because…

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…