After a two-year investigation into Google’s search business, the feds finally issued a decision. The outcome is a clear win for Google — here’s an easy Q&A about what happened and what it means. Read more at GigaOM »
Yahoo has added Max Levchin, a Silicon Valley star, to its board of directors giving it a much-needed entrepreneurial and engineering-savvy board member. The web portal will also see two of its existing directors leave, shrinking the board to 11 members. Read more at GigaOM »
The publisher of one-time counter-culture icon The Village Voice is expanding its legal campaign to own the phrase “best of.” Popular user review site Yelp is its latest target. Read more »
If you think fake online reviews are bad now, just wait a few years. Gartner predicts that in two to three years, 10 to 15 percent of all online reviews will be bought and paid for by businesses. Read more at GigaOM »
Since Google bought Zagat last September for a reported $125 million, the company hasn’t done much with Zagat’s local content. That changes today with the rollout of Google+ Local, which incorporates Zagat scores and summaries into its listings — and makes Zagat free. Read more »
A sprawling lawsuit filed in Texas this week targets Path, Instagram, Facebook and others for instructing their apps to suck up user address… Read more »
Yelp announced pricing of its planned IPO, with plans to sell 7.15 million shares at $12 to $14 a share. But the important thing is that Yel… Read more »
An Illinois woman complained on the internet that her plastic surgery resulted in “facial lumps.” Now, two doctors who didn’t like her revie… Read more »
The rapid growth of me-too daily deal services was bound to see a turn at some point, and it looks like that moment has come. Today, it emer… Read more »
How many Keratin wraps, photography workshops and Hookah tokes does one person really need? After Groupon and LivingSocial, there are anothe… Read more »
“Showing your phone to redeem a deal sucks,” said Tristan Walker, Foursquare’s director of business development, today at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals… Read more »
Online review sites are becoming an increasingly important catalyst to digital commerce — when it comes to shopping at local businesses, re… Read more »
Allegations that Yelp disfavors businesses who don’t advertise with it have been dogging the company for years. Two years ago, the S.F.-bay… Read more »
Yelp and Twitter both get thousands of complaints a month, often asking for material to be taken down that is allegedly defamatory or otherw… Read more »
Here’s a sign of how the market for companies seeking funding has loosened up over the last year. When Twitter last raised a round of ventur… Read more »
While online directory Yelp has gotten more popular, it’s also been finding the levels of dissatisfaction from small business owners and com… Read more »
Apparently unable to nail down a deal to sell itself to Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for upwards of $500 million, Yelp is taking more venture capital… Read more »
Type the name of a local restaurant into the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) search box, and one of three options are most likely to show up above the f… Read more »
Citysearch’s November relaunch came with everything from Facebook Connect compatibility to a new Smartphone-friendly mobile site. But users… Read more »
User-generated ratings site Yelp has been on a tear of late. But while users have embraced the site, small businesses, who are the target of… Read more »
