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Bulls vs. Bears

Overall, are you bullish or bearish on Yelp?
vote bullish
94%
82 votes
vote bearish
6%
5 votes

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Do You Agree? The Bulls Say:
  • 01/10/2008

    bill

    Very active and well developed community.

  • 01/10/2008

    dave

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

  • 01/10/2008

    angel

    I pretty much use Yelp for everything now.

  • 01/22/2008

    lcheng

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

  • 02/26/2008

    dave

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

  • 04/22/2008

    ywong137

    Completely unoriginal idea + Great execution = Awesome product!

  • 04/28/2008

    seichert

    The site is sticky

  • 04/28/2008

    bobfet1

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

  • 04/29/2008

    xiaowei

    Review sites are going to be huge.

  • 04/29/2008

    willy.b

    They are allowing businesses to claim their profile and participate

  • 05/19/2008

    gordonng

    Great Team, great idea, great funding!

  • 06/26/2008

    meirav

    Extremely addictive

  • 08/05/2008

    tommyb

    easily the best place for restaurant reviews

  • 08/05/2008

    mngofasho

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

  • 08/10/2008

    ablanky

    great for finding a new restaurant to eat at

  • 08/10/2008

    sherpa22

    my goto for social gatherings

Do You Agree? The Bears Say:
  • 01/10/2008

    dave

    The management team is relatively inexperienced

  • 01/16/2008

    dave

    It's relatively difficult to monetize against local advertisers

  • 04/15/2008

    green33

    Reviews aren't always that great

  • 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
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    10/09/2008

    jcasbah

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

    tecarmona

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

  • 09/10/2008

    descott

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

    1 comment |

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    10/09/2008

    jcasbah

    Yelp launched in Canada a few months ago
  • 01/09/2009

    juanita

    Yelp got hammered on public radio talkshow KQED Forum this morning.

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