An update to Google's free online map service on Friday let users become local guides who post reviews of businesses and venues in a challenge to Yelp.
Internet
Feb 6, 2015
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Unless you're just looking to entertain your fellow online shoppers, you may want to think twice about writing that funny Amazon or Yelp review. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, humorous complaints ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2015
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The online review website Yelp announced Tuesday it had acquired French-based rival Cityvox in its latest overseas expansion.
Business
Oct 28, 2014
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Travelers often turn to Yelp to check out consumer reviews of hotels before they go on vacation, and now they can book a room directly through its site and app thanks to a partnership with startup Hipmunk.
Internet
Oct 24, 2014
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It's now law in California: consumers have a right to post negative reviews on Yelp and other websites, without fear of reprisals from companies they write about.
Internet
Sep 28, 2014
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Online ratings operator Yelp agreed to pay $450,000 to settle US charges that it illegally collected data on children, in violation of privacy laws, officials said Wednesday.
Internet
Sep 17, 2014
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A federal appeals court says online review site Yelp can lower or raise the rating of a business depending on whether it advertises with the company.
Business
Sep 4, 2014
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After Yelp posted the first quarterly profit in its history last week, the online business review site got panned on Wall Street. The company's stock plummeted 11 percent the day after the results came out, wiping out its ...
Business
Aug 6, 2014
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Yahoo is cribbing from Yelp's online reviews of local merchants to soup up its search engine.
Internet
Mar 12, 2014
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Wall Street on Thursday toasted Yelp, but threw tomatoes at Twitter and Pandora after mixed earnings results prompted big swings in the valuations of a trio of hot Internet stocks.
Business
Feb 6, 2014
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