When Google launched Google Places, everyone saw it as a distinct threat to networks like Yelp. The reviews would be in direct competition, a fact not lost on Yelp, which had a formal syndication relationship with Google that ended in 2006. However, when Google Places launched, Yelp reviews were clearly visible: According to Search Engine [...]
Yelp Missing From Google Places
August 27th, 2010Google’s Balancing Act with Third Parties, Including Yelp
August 1st, 2010TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld hammered questions fast and furious during on-stage interview of Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman and Google’s John Hanke during the Social Currency CrunchUp event yesterday in Palo Alto California. Particularly, he baited the pair with questions about Steve Jobs (Apple) comments at the iPhone OS 4 preview keynote in April: Apple CEO Steve [...]
Google ‘Near Me Now’ a Competitor for Yelp?
January 10th, 2010Google may have failed to buy Yelp, but they’ve launched their own app that may well give Yelp some competition. According to the Google Mobile blog, “Near me now” was designed to address two user problems. First, we wanted to make it fast and easy to find out more about a place in your immediate [...]
Google Yelp Deal Dead
December 23rd, 2009We reported that Google was in negotiations to acquire Yelp – apparently, negotiations have stalled. Previous assurances that the deal was all but done have dissolved, reports TechCrunch: The two companies had agreed on a price – around $550 million plus earnouts – and were working through the final details of the acquisition. Then something [...]
Google to Acquire Yelp?
December 20th, 2009According to TechCrunch, Google is attempting to acquire Yelp, a major review site founded in 2004 with an immense amount of traffic; ComScore attributes 9 million monthly worldwide visitors, but Yelp insists the numbers are closer to 25 million uniques each month. Tech Crunch says: “Google and Yelp are in advanced acquisition negotiations, we’ve confirmed [...]