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Chicago Doctors Sue Google Over Negative Online Reviews

Nov 4, 2011 12:07 PM

An Illinois woman complained on the internet that her plastic surgery resulted in “facial lumps.” Now, two doctors who didn’t like her review are suing Google (NSDQ: GOOG), saying the search giant owes them $50 million for lost reputation.

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Posted In: Legal, Companies, Google, defamation, google places, urbanspoon, yelp

Updated: Sale Ending Soon? Yelp Rethinks Its Daily Deals Service

Aug 29, 2011 6:31 PM

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 emerged that local reviews network Yelp is preparing to cut staff and “scale back” its one-year-old Yelp Deals service. The news comes days…

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Posted In: Advertising, Daily Deals, Local, Apps, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Facebook, Google, Android, yelp

Where The Daily Deal Business Is Headed

Jul 25, 2011 5:40 PM

How many Keratin wraps, photography workshops and Hookah tokes does one person really need? After Groupon and LivingSocial, there are another 400 to 500 daily deal sites in the U.S., plus 200 more internationally—and very few people think the world needs that many. Expect plenty of consolidation in the next…

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Posted In: Advertising, Daily Deals, Local, E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Mobile, Social Media, Companies, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Groupon, american express, biakelsey, buywithme, closely, david strebinger, deal current, jimmy hendricks, livingsocial, mastercard, neal polachek, perry evans, visa, wantsa, yelp

@ Deals 3D: Foursquare, Yelp, Shopkick’s New Mobile Initiatives

Jul 19, 2011 3:02 PM

“Showing your phone to redeem a deal sucks,” said Tristan Walker, Foursquare’s director of business development, today at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals 3D conference. “We wanted to completely fix it and make it completely seamless, frictionless and magical.” Foursquare, Yelp and Shopkick are rolling out new mobile tools and launching new partnerships…

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Posted In: Advertising, Daily Deals, Local, Companies, Best Buy, american express, citibank, deals 3d, eric singley, evan tana, foursquare, shopkick, tristan walker, yelp

Can Doctors Use Copyright Law To Get Rid Of Negative Reviews?

Apr 14, 2011 8:10 AM

Online review sites are becoming an increasingly important catalyst to digital commerce—when it comes to shopping at local businesses, review sites like Yelp are many consumers’ first stop. Plenty of businesses don’t like the negative reviews they get, but a few thousand doctors have gone the extra mile to try…

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Posted In: Legal, Copyright, cda section 230, yelp

Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Alleging Yelp Extorted Businesses

Mar 29, 2011 5:01 AM

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 area alt-weekly East Bay Express ran a cover story called “Yelp And The Business Of Extortion 2.0,” featuring businesses that claimed they were told to pay advertising bucks…

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Posted In: Legal, cda section 230, yelp

The Legal Magic Bullet That Protects Twitter And Yelp

Mar 4, 2011 9:00 PM

Yelp and Twitter both get thousands of complaints a month, often asking for material to be taken down that is allegedly defamatory or otherwise illegal. They almost never comply. Speaking today at an event in Silicon Valley, the general counsels of both companies gave insight into how they deal with…

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Posted In: Legal, Companies, Twitter, cda section 230, yelp

How Twitter’s Funding Stacks Up Against The Biggest Deals Of 2010

Dec 15, 2010 8:14 PM

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 venture funding in September 2009, it was only the second U.S.-based digital media company to raise $100 million-plus in a year and a half; one…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Groupon, Twitter, Zynga, livingsocial, yelp, zenimax media

Yelp Agrees To Filter Reviews, Hopes To Debunk ‘Conspiracy Theories’

Apr 6, 2010 10:59 AM

While online directory Yelp has gotten more popular, it’s also been finding the levels of dissatisfaction from small business owners and commenters has been been rising at the same time. Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp’s co-founder and CEO, tells the NYT’s Bits blog that the changes will involve more transparency, which is…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Social Media, yelp

Elevation Partners To Invest Up To $100 Million In Yelp

Jan 27, 2010 7:00 PM

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 cash instead. The local reviews site has raised $25 million in a fifth round of funding from Elevation Partners; Elevation has also agreed to invest…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, elevation partners, yelp

Google’s New Place Pages: More Time Spent On Maps, And Maybe, More Revenue

Sep 25, 2009 3:18 PM

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 fold: A link to the restaurant’s homepage, a Google Maps module showing the restaurant’s location, or a Yelp review page. Often, the SEO-friendly…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Social Media, Community, Companies, Google, citysearch, yelp

Yelp Closes Traffic Gap With Citysearch

Apr 27, 2009 5:09 PM

Citysearch’s November relaunch came with everything from Facebook Connect compatibility to a new Smartphone-friendly mobile site. But users aren’t exactly gobbling them up. In just a year, local review site Yelp has grown to attract nearly the same size audience as its larger, better-funded rival—and the latest stats from Compete…

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Posted In: Advertising, Social Media, Companies, IAC, citysearch, yelp

Yelp Decides To Let Businesses Defend Themselves

Apr 10, 2009 11:57 AM

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 sometimes-scathing reviews, have grumbled about not being able to counter critiques they feel are inaccurate or even intentionally negative. Now, the company is giving businesses…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Social Media, yelp

User Reviews Site Yelp Raises $15 Million Fourth Round

Feb 27, 2008 12:41 PM

SF-based Yelp, the much-hyped and big user-gen CitySearch competitor, has raised a $15 million round fourth from DAG, according to TechCrunch. Total funding for the company now comes to $31 million, having last raised $10 million in 2006. The latest raise puts the company at a $200 million valuation. In…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, dag ventures, yelp

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