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6 hrs ago | LawJobs.com

Atypical Career Path Works for Yelp's GC

San Francisco's Yelp Inc. has so far been a typical Silicon Valley success story.

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Related Topix: Startups, PayPal, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Berkeley, CA

Sun May 19, 2013

Examiner.com

Social Media network for dog owners: Where My Dogs At

A new social media network for dog owners ; Where My Dogs At is currently being beta tested.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Google, Facebook, Social Software

Fri May 17, 2013

Search Engine Watch

Local Search Battle Heats Up: Can Yelp Fight Off Facebook & Foursquare?

The true pace of mobile and local search can be seen when the market withstands an entire column's worth of updates and announcements in just one month.

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Related Topix: Startups, Local Search, Search Engines

KING-TV Seattle

E. coli victim pushes for super public restaurant inspection scores

SEATTLE After being infected with E.coli for the second time in her life, a Seattle woman wants to make restaurant inspection reports in Washington as public as possible, modeling efforts in New York and California.

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Related Topix: Startups, Food Science, King County, WA, Seattle, WA

Unofficial SEO Blog

Matt Cutts on Why Do You See Multiple Results from One Domain in Search Results

Why does Google continue to present multiple results from one domain on a search result? Google wants to maintain an ongoing balance between diversity and quality search results, is what Matt Cutts talked about in the video.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Google, Startups

Law.com

Atypical Career Path Works for Yelp's GC

San Francisco's Yelp Inc. has so far been a typical Silicon Valley success story.

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Related Topix: Startups, PayPal, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Berkeley, CA

Thu May 16, 2013

The Gulf Today

With Siri and new alliances, Apple takes on Google search

When Apple Inc sends out its coveted invitations to major events, one CEO has always been making the guest list of late: Jeremy Stoppelman.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Google, iPod touch App, iPad App, Google+, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Yelp, OpenTable

Tue May 14, 2013

ComputerWorld

Video Brew: How to upgrade a building: Add fiber, sculpture and a bike-spa

The old PacBell building at 140 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, was wired for connectivity long before the needs of a tenant like Yelp would make 21st century demands.

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Related Topix: Startups, IGN Entertainment

VentureBeat

Loop's iOS app collects customer feedback, before you rant on Yelp

Loop plans to reinvent the customer-experience survey with its launch today to help businesses get customer feedback in the moment.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, Yelp, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Startups

Silicon Alley Insider

This iOS Developer Thinks Amazon Coins Are A Trick That Will Deceive Customers

Garrett Murray, a well-known iOS designer/developer, thinks the new Amazon Coins system is "a terrible idea for consumers" that could potentially cost them money down the road.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

The Huffington Post

Craigslist Yelp Ad Offers Money In Exchange For Good New York Restaurant Reviews

We are looking for established Yelp accounts with over 50 reviews to write well-written reviews for a restaurant.

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Related Topix: Startups, Local Search, Public Relations

Sun May 12, 2013

EMarketer

Article: Affluents Drive Local Search App Use

Mobile is responsible for an increasing share of traffic to local search apps - like Citysearch, YellowPages.com and Yelp - as users turn to the app directories for on-the-go information.

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Related Topix: Local Search, Startups, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Fri May 10, 2013

KAUZ

Choice Hotels International and Yelp To Create Custom-Branded...

Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider.

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Related Topix: Choice Hotels International, Hotels, Startups

Anders Jacobsen's blog

Internal Site Search May Be The Biggest Threat to Google Search Dominance

In the past year, I've observed a sea change in how average people I know find new sites online, and I'm wondering if others are seeing this.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science / Technology, Internet

Thu May 09, 2013

MSN Money

Yelp resists request to reveal anonymous reviewers

A Virginia carpet cleaning company wants to find out the identities of seven people who posted negative reviews about it, which it says are false and defamatory, on Yelp .

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Related Topix: Startups, Alexandria, VA

AdWeek

Facebook Could Map Out Local Search, Ads With Waze Deal

Facebook is mapping out an acquisition of crowdsourced traffic navigation mobile app Waze, according to reports from three Israeli publications and confirmed by TechCrunch.

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Related Topix: Local Search, Marketing, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Wed May 08, 2013

International Business Times

'Most Exciting Cities In America' List Raises Eyebrows

Oakland, Calif., is the "most exciting city in America." That's right, not San Francisco, not New York, not Chicago and not L.A. It's Oakland.

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Related Topix: Oakland, CA, San Francisco, CA, Blog News, Startups

GigaOM

Klout dips into Q&A and local commerce with launch of new questions feature

Klout is adding a new product Wednesday that will ask people to answer questions about topics they're knowledgeable about in an attempt to improve local search and discovery.

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Related Topix: Klout, Startups, Marketing

MarketWatch

John Shinal's Tech Investor: Here comes the rogue IT wave

Now that the wave of investment in social media companies that produced IPOs for Facebook, LinkedIn and Yelp has fully washed through Silicon Valley into the public markets, venture capitalists are onto the Internet's next new, new thing.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Benchmark Capital, Hunch

Tue May 07, 2013

Contra Costa Times

Philz Coffee opens in Cupertino

Philz Coffee, the Bay Area's go-to coffee shop for college students and a popular alternative to corporate chains such as Starbucks, has opened a new location in downtown Cupertino.

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Related Topix: Drink, Coffee, San Francisco, CA, Cupertino, CA, Startups

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