Consumers are empowered by Yelp and tools like it: before, when they had a bad experience, they didn't have much recourse. They could fume, but often….

Yelp is in a very nice spot: local data, and especially review data, is one of the killer apps on mobile phones..

One of the challenges of buying local advertising is, how do you know if it worked? How do you know if it's got value? We're moving toward an e-comme….

When Yelp first took off, our rankings on Google would fluctuate wildly..

The biggest thing is to create a product that consumers find useful. As more and more people like something, it becomes harder and harder to have a c….

You have to be very nimble and very open minded. Your success is going to be very dependent on how your adapt..

Everyone is panicked about the transition to mobile. I don't lose any sleep whatsoever..

There is this cat and mouse game that plays out over time where our team comes up with new and interesting ideas to identify content that we shouldn'….

About every year or two, there is a moment of truth where there's some new development in the marketplace, some new technology, some sort of existent….

There are so many businesses that are succeeding on Yelp that don't pay us a dollar, and we're really excited about that..

Maintaining the trust of the consumer is critical to our business. We live and breathe only one thing, which is wanting to connect consumers with gre….

I think with every successful consumer Internet business, there will be lawyers that are interested in going after your company, especially when they….

The entrepreneurs that really make it are the ones that start with an idea but are ready to change it at a moment's notice..

In early 2008, it was confirmed that there would be an opportunity to build applications for the iPhone. We were fortunate enough to make the right c….

On mobile, what are the core apps? It's basically messaging, mapping and review data..

In the very beginning, Yelp started as a service where we really didn't think people would write reviews for fun. The whole concept of user-generated….

If somebody writes a review of a dry cleaner, that piece of content is not wildly viral. It's not like a viral video that can spread across the world….

Starting a company, your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt. You're going to make decisions, you're going to make bets; most of t….

A lot of what Groupon is generating is demand for something people didn't know they wanted..

Maintaining the trust of the consumer is critical to our business.

Theres simply anger over the accountability that Yelp brings and also this feeling of powerlessness because so much power is now being put in the han….