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About Yelp

Yelp (NYSE: YELP) connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Singapore and Poland. Yelp had a monthly average of 84 million unique visitors in Q3 2012*. By the end of Q3 2012, Yelpers had written more than 33 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Yelp's mobile application was used on 8.2 million unique mobile devices on a monthly average basis during Q3 2012. For more information, please visit www.yelp.com/ or send an email to press@yelp.com.


* Source: Google Analytics

Recent Media Highlights

The Wall Street Journal

11/14/12

Search for Doctor Leads to Yelp

TIME Tech

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Engadget

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Yelp's new picture-heavy menus give you a better look at that Baby Back Rib Tickler

TechCrunch

10/30/12

Yelp Launching Visual Menus With User-Contributed Photos

The Economist

10/27/12

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Business Insider

10/26/12

Yelp Cracks Down On Fake Online Reviews

CNBC

10/25/12

Why It's Harder to Game Positive Online Reviews

Tech Crunch

10/24/12

Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype

The Next Web

10/24/12

Yelp acquires European review service Qype for $50 million as it ramps up international expansion

AllThingsD

10/23/12

Yelp Acquires European Reviews Site Qype For $50 Million

Forbes.com

10/23/12

Yelp Review Sting Helps Consumers And Business Owners

CBS This Morning

10/20/12

Yelp combating fake reviews

NPR Marketplace

10/18/12

Yelp starts branding companies for buying fake reviews

New York Times

10/18/12

Buy Reviews on Yelp, Get Black Mark

Entrepreneur

10/16/12

Got a Bad Yelp Review? Here's What to Do

Ad Age

10/01/12

As Fake Reviews Rise, Others Crack Down on Fraudsters

Today

09/17/12

Yelp for Help

Business Times

09/15/2012

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Company Announcements

  • Yelp’s Holiday Gift Guide: Saving shoppers from boring gifts & mall trips November 15, 2012
  • Yelp Menus: Connecting People with Great Local Food Porn October 30, 2012
  • Yelp Acquires Qype; Provides Preliminary Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results October 24, 2012
  • Yelp Rolls Out Consumer Alerts to Educate and Inform Consumers October 18, 2012
  • Yelp Expands Presence in Central Europe with Launch in Poland October 3, 2012
  • Yelp Launches in Singapore September 13, 2012
  • Introducing Gift Certificates - the newest product feature of local business owners September 12, 2012
  • Yelp: Extreme Home(page) Makeover August 14, 2012
  • Yelp Mobile Updates: Lookin' Good July 26, 2012
  • Yelp Expands Its Operations in The UK July 10, 2012
  • Yelp to Power Bing Local Search June 14, 2012
  • Yelp Launches in Finland June 6, 2012
  • Yelp Appoints Robert Gibbs to Board of Directors June 4, 2012
  • The NYSE Big StartUp Launches: Small Business Connections: Marketing Meets Microfinancing May 22, 2012
  • Yelp Is Now Available In Norway May 9, 2012
More Announcements »

Yelp Facts

  • Yelp had a monthly average of 84 million unique visitors in Q3 2012*
  • Yelpers have written more than 33 million reviews by the end of Q3 2012
  • Yelp Factsheet

* Source: Google Analytics

Distribution of Reviews

We crunched the numbers and here's what we found (as of Q3 2012).

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