Yelp, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	October 2004
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA
Key people	Jeremy Stoppelman, Co-founder/CEO and Russel Simmons, Co-founder/CTO
Industry	Business ratings and reviews
Products	Yelp.com
Revenue	approx. US$6,300,000 annually
Operating income	US$6,300,000
Net income	US$6,300,000
Employees	approx. 20
Slogan	Real People. Real Reviews.
Website	www.yelp.com

For other uses, see Yelp (disambiguation).

Yelp is an internet company based in San Francisco, CA. Yelp hosts a website database of user reviews, mainly of restaurants and stores, but also of medical providers, automotive services, cultural venues, professional services, other websites, and the like. Humorous entries for subjects as diverse as ex-boyfriends, beer, squirrels, sleepwalking, and tater tots can also be found. Yelp's success derives from merging social networking with local reviews. Yelp also hosts "elite" events at nightclubs and bars in San Francisco, New York, Boston, and Chicago. Image File history File links Yelplogo. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ... Chief Technical Officer or Chief Technology Officer, usually seen as CTO, is a business executive position whose holder is focused on technical issues in a company. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a companys earnings. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Yelp may refer to: Yelp — an online service for social networking and posting reviews yelp — a vocalization made by canines and other animals; see Bark (dog) This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ... The term database originated within the computer industry. ... A social network is a social structure made of nodes which are generally individuals or organizations. ... Clubbing, also known as a disco A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...

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Geographic scope

Yelp accepts reviews of any business or service in the United States, but currently is focused in:

• San Francisco, CA — offers neighborhood filtering
• Boston, MA — offers neighborhood filtering
• Chicago, IL — offers neighborhood filtering
• New York, NY — offers neighborhood filtering
• Washington, D.C.
• Seattle, WA — offers neighborhood filtering
• Los Angeles, CA — offers neighborhood filtering
• San Jose, CA

Top Contributors

As of November 14, 2006, the top contributors were:

• Gourmet G. of San Francisco, CA - 2,116 reviews
• A. L. of Irvine, CA - 1,554 reviews
• Kevin S. of San Francisco, CA - 1,321 reviews
• Kristina R. of San Francisco, CA - 1,254 reviews
• Renda H. of Chicago, IL - 1,194 reviews
• Nish N. of San Francisco, CA - 1,147 reviews
• Rick H. of San Francisco, CA - 1,075 reviews
• Tiffany T. of Seattle, WA - 902 reviews
• KQN of Mountain View, CA - 899 reviews
• Megan W. of San Francisco, CA - 883 reviews
• Ellen M. of Chicago, IL - 879 reviews
• Rachel R. of Santa Clara, CA - 860 reviews
• Diana B. of New York, NY - 854 reviews

Features

Yelp's features include:

• personal messaging
• "First to Review" tags
• "Useful," "Funny," and "Cool" tags for reviews
• Compliments
• Talk boards
• User-created lists
• Lists of "friends"
• Map search / Google Maps mashup - "Map-tastic!"
• Palm optimized sub-site for mobile phone browsing at m.yelp.com

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References

1. ^ City guide Yelp raises $10M in second round

External links

General

• www.Yelp.com
• the Yelp blog

Articles

• Red Herring: Yelp Gets $3M-Plus in VC Cash
• Forbes: Yelp: Not Your Mother's Local Review Site
• The Register: Yelp! A viral recommendation system you can't resist?
• Businessweek: Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs
• San Francisco Chronicle: CASTING THE NET / Yelp is on the way
• Amateur reviews changing approach of small businesses

Competitors

• revju.com
• Insider Pages
• jatbar.com
• unofficial database
• chowhound.com
• citysearch.com
• judysbook.com
• sfsurvey.com
• angieslist.com