YelpEverywhere Mag and the Arrival of the User Generated MagazineAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on March 19, 2008 - 6:48am.
Yelp Gets $15 Million for User-Generated Local ReviewsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 27, 2008 - 12:56pm.
San Francisco - Yelp, a social media site where users can post reviews of local bars, restaurants and other businesses, announced on Wednesday that it has raised a $15 million fourth round of financing, led by DAG Ventures. tags: Deals | VC | Social Networking | Benchmark Capital | Yelp | User-Generated | DAG Ventures | Bessemer Ventures |
Local Search Update: Yelp up 91%, Insider Pages up 34% in Past Six MonthsAuthored by Hitwise on March 2, 2007 - 3:10pm.
The following is a blog entry from LeeAnn Prescott at Hitwise: This week Insider Pages was acquired by the Citysearch division of IAC. Hitwise data shows that the market share of US visits to Insider Pages was up 34% in the past 6 months (August 2006 vs. February 2007). The market share of visits to Yelp, another user-generated local review site, was up by an impressive 91% in the same period. Judy's Book did not show an increase, although traffic jumped in September and October 2006 when it received a substantial increase in traffic from Local.com, suggesting a content deal that was turned off.
How Yelp Beat Judy’s BookAuthored by Peter Krasilovsky on February 8, 2007 - 12:55pm.
tags: Internet | Advertising | Online Publishing | Reviews | Local | Online Communities | Yelp | Judy's Book |
User-Generated Local Reviews Site Yelp Raises $10 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2006 - 3:26pm.
San Francisco - Yelp, a site that publishes reviews of local businesses, announced on Thursday that it has raised $10 million in new financing from Benchmark Capital. San Francisco-based Yelp said it receives thousands of new user-generated reviews of restaurants and other local businesses each day, and has large online communities in Boston, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. The site attracted 1.5 million unique visitors in September. The company said it will use the funds to expand its offering in major metropolitan areas across the country.
tags: Deals | Internet | VC | Advertising | Online Publishing | Reviews | Benchmark Capital | UGC | Yelp |
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