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Bulls vs. Bears

Overall, are you bullish or bearish on Yelp?

95%

76 votes

4 votes

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Do You Agree? The Bulls Say:

100%

17 votes
17 0% 0

01/10/2008

bill

Very active and well developed community.

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100%

16 votes
16 0% 0

01/10/2008

dave

They have beaten out a number of competitors in the space (Insider Pages and Judy's Book)

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82%

11 votes
9 18% 2

01/10/2008

angel

I pretty much use Yelp for everything now.

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92%

12 votes
11 8% 1

01/22/2008

lcheng

Merchants are beginning to respond to cmts which validates the impt of Yelp to their biz.

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90%

10 votes
9 10% 1

02/26/2008

dave

With another $15mm in the bank, Yelp has plenty of cash to grow the brand

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100%

8 votes
8 0% 0

04/22/2008

ywong137

Completely unoriginal idea + Great execution = Awesome product!

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100%

4 votes
4 0% 0

04/28/2008

seichert

The site is sticky

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50%

2 votes
1 50% 1

04/28/2008

bobfet1

The power of the reviews on this site to attract more users is vastly underestimated

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100%

4 votes
4 0% 0

04/29/2008

xiaowei

Review sites are going to be huge.

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

04/29/2008

willy.b

They are allowing businesses to claim their profile and participate

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

05/19/2008

gordonng

Great Team, great idea, great funding!

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100%

3 votes
3 0% 0

06/26/2008

meirav

Extremely addictive

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100%

2 votes
2 0% 0

08/05/2008

tommyb

easily the best place for restaurant reviews

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

08/05/2008

mngofasho

very informative site; always check it before trying out a new restaurant

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

08/10/2008

ablanky

great for finding a new restaurant to eat at

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

08/10/2008

sherpa22

my goto for social gatherings

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Do You Agree? The Bears Say:

38%

13 votes
5 62% 8

01/10/2008

dave

The management team is relatively inexperienced

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43%

14 votes
6 57% 8

01/16/2008

dave

It's relatively difficult to monetize against local advertisers

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67%

12 votes
8 33% 4

04/15/2008

green33

Reviews aren't always that great

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

08/10/2008

aa90089

New strategy for monetization seems to have backfired

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08/10/2008

aa90089

http://cbs5.com/wrapper_consumer/seenon/Yelp.Internet.ratings.2.787400.html
10/09/2008

jcasbah

http://www.entrepreneur.com/management/operations/article197278.html
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1 vote
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08/12/2008

tecarmona

Monetization will disappoint investors who've coughed up $31 million

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100%

1 vote
1 0% 0

09/10/2008

descott

Why is there no Canadian Support? Expand to Canada and increase your marketplace immensely!

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10/09/2008

jcasbah

Yelp launched in Canada a few months ago