It's common knowledge that Yelp is often the vehicle for lengthy rants by angry restaurant patrons, but for extortion? That was the case earlier th...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 05.30.2012
Early Wednesday morning, Google announced a sweeping new project, a new "Local" tab in Google+. The project spent more than a year in development. ...
Jennifer Raiser | Posted 05.17.2012
Buying art over the internet has never been so easy -- or so overwhelming. So the recent launch of crowd source-chosen art and photography prints on Minted.com came with some winnowing by well-known tastemakers.
Vitaliy N. Katsenelson | Posted 04.27.2012
I can definitely sense that the second we mention the words "social" or "cloud" our objectivity in judging businesses dissipates.
The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.12.2012
You could argue that your clever Facebook status updates and Frank Bruni-esque Yelp reviews are priceless, but the user data you generate can be conve...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.11.2012
Could a Groupon deal ruin your business's reputation online? Three computer scientists from Boston University and Harvard set out to shed light on ...
Ruggy Joesten | Posted 05.09.2012
Chances are you've seen the finely-coiffed Ben Flajnik lately, gracing the pages of every celebrity rag in publication. Want the skinny (dip) on his favorite haunts in the city? Yours truly investigates.
AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 05.02.2012
NEW YORK — The stock market reached a couple of milestones this week – Dow 13,000 and Nasdaq 3,000 – but not much else. Stocks crep...
AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 05.02.2012
Yelp's stock opened to five-star reviews from investors on Friday, soaring 63 percent even though the company has yet to prove it can make money from ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.21.2012
SAN FRANCISCO -- On March 2, online review site Yelp will become the next major San Francisco-based tech firm to take advantage of a newly instituted ...
AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 02.17.2012
SAN FRANCISCO -- Online review service Yelp rated its own business Thursday, setting an IPO target of $12 to $14 per share that could value the 7-year...
The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 01.13.2012
Over the past few seasons, Bill Hader's Stefon character has become a crowd favorite over on "Saturday Night Live." Inspired by Hader's neighborhood b...
Angora Holly Polo | Posted 02.06.2012
I've always wanted to get a psychic reading, but I've held off because I'm petrified of self-fulfilling prophecies. I don't want to freewheel off into some wackadoo self-fulfilling prophecy if it's the wrong one!
IndieReader | Posted 02.04.2012
Love it or hate it, this is an exciting time in the publishing world. Technological advances have made the long, arduous process of publishing a book cheap, easy and fast--giving voice to millions of new authors and providing readers with a richer, more interesting selection of books.
The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 11.17.2011
On Tuesday, crowd-sourced review website Yelp filed for its IPO, seeking to raise $100 million dollars. Yelp expects to make its debut as a public...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.17.2011
This post has been updated. Local review site Yelp has filed for a $100 million IPO. According to the company's S-1 filing with the SEC, the IPO...
The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 01.10.2012
At the GOP debate in Detroit, Republican presidential nominee Rick Perry committed a memorable gaffe when he claimed that he would eliminate three gov...
Gourmet.com | Posted 01.08.2012
If you're going to open an Italian restaurant, would it kill you to, I don't know, make some effort to look Italian? Hang an Italian flag? Throw down ...
Daniel Haarburger | Posted 01.02.2012
Yes, I care about the amount of feedback regarding a specific listing, but at a certain point additional reviews become irrelevant. Much more important becomes how I interact with this spread of information.
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 01.02.2012
Google is now providing photos and other information about local businesses in its search results, an update that puts Google in direct competition wi...
TechCrunch | Posted 12.31.2011
If you search for "Yelp" on Google from your mobile phone the top paid result, even above the organic result to Yelp.com, takes you to Zagat. Â ...
Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 12.03.2011
The DD business is not a classic web-based business; it requires aggressive marketing of merchants. Both sales personnel and the merchant must be savvy enough to craft offers that attract customers and turn a profit.
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.03.2011
It intuitively makes sense that a poor score on Yelp is bad for business. But just how much can a restaurant's business improve if its rating on the ...
Posted 11.28.2011
In a pinch, Yelp can be a great resource for restaurant recommendations. If, for example, you're looking for a Thai restaurant in North Myrtle Beach, ...
Posted 05.30.2012