BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 100 Wed Feb 18, 2009 at 11:13 AM
A few months ago, I wrote about the travails of user-submitted review site Yelp. Now there are new accusations that the site is running a protection racket to try to sell advertising. Small business owners in the Bay Area have ...READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 100 Fri Apr 10, 2009 at 9:40 AM
The user-submitted restaurant and small business review site Yelp has been the subject of some pretty hot debates over its policies as its influence in local markets from San Francisco to New York has grown. Now it seems they ...READ»
BYLena L. West Relevancy Score: 100 Thu Dec 18, 2008 at 12:50 PM
This post is an idea-stem from an excellent post that was written by Michael Mace in the Rubicon blog network.
When consulting with clients and while delivering presentations about social media, I often mention the imperative that ...READ»
BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 100 Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Consider what a site like Yelp does for a small but excellent cafe: For travelers and locals alike, a good mobile-Web app should make it as easy to find as the nearest Starbucks. Does that signal a shift in the market, sapping the ...READ»
BYChris Dannen Relevancy Score: 100 Wed Nov 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Man pans bookstore on Yelp. Bookstore owner tracks him down, writes harassing emails, and tries to break into his house. Man responds by calling police--and Yelping about the entire experience.
In what can only be described as a ...READ»
BYLynette Chiang Relevancy Score: 82 Tue Jul 7, 2009 at 3:05 AM
A trendspotting firm recently asked me if I had any insights to share regarding customer service in a recession. No need for my second hand opinion - just stand in line anywhere in the city and you'll witness some elementary customer ...READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 78 Fri May 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Ratings Game
Small business owners in the Bay Area have claimed that soon after they got negative reviews on Yelp ("On the Internet, Everyone Knows You're a Dog," December 2008/January 2009), a sales rep from the site would ...READ»
BYKate Rockwood Relevancy Score: 66 Mon Oct 5, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Companies have crowdsourced everything from ad campaigns to package design, usually through contests. But Spanish telecom giant Telefonica is putting a new degree of trust in users, handing over the marketing, technical support, and ...READ»
BYEllen McGirt Relevancy Score: 62 Wed Feb 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM
You read our Fast Company 50. Now learn about the companies within specific industries that are doing both creative and ground-breaking work. Here we present the top ten in Web 2.0.READ»
BYDavid Lidsky Relevancy Score: 62 Thu Nov 6, 2008 at 11:29 PM
We live in a recommended world. Seemingly every website offers opinions on something. And recommendation-only sites, such as Yelp, are growing in popularity. GoodRec offers a lightweight, socially focused recommendation service that's very addictive.READ»
BYLynne d Johnson Relevancy Score: 61 Mon Dec 8, 2008 at 1:29 PM
One of the most popular meetups in New York, NextWeb's NY Web 2.0 Meetup, catering to the Web 2.0, Social Networking and Social Media scene, continues to highlight some of the Alley's most innovative companies.
The networking ...READ»
BYKit Eaton Relevancy Score: 60 Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Seemingly moments after the first "real" augmented reality app hit Apple's iTunes App Store, more have arrived. One is a London version similar to that first Parist Metro app, and another is from Yelp, the customer-driven business ...READ»
Foursquare created buzz with its mobile social networking app that encourages users to get out and explore the businesses in their neighborhood. It even made a game out of meeting up at your local watering hole. Now the company is planning Foursquare for Business, giving it access to what may be a local advertising goldmine.READ»
BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 42 Wed Jul 29, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Change how you buy--and how you find the places you shop with an emerging array of programs that will remake everything from roaming the mall to impulse buying.READ»
BYCarmina Pérez Relevancy Score: 41 Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM
From www.moguletteblog.com
Yikes, what a mess! The havoc in the stock and financial markets made
it really challenging to stay focused on my work last week. I spent 14
years of my life at Lehman Bros., so it's not only the ...READ»
BYTeam National Relevancy Score: 38 Tue Oct 14, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Team National is making a lot of effort to expand it's presence on the web, especially into social media. Here are the results!
Team National Website Team National on MySpace Team National Youtube Channel President and CEO, ...READ»
BYValeria Maltoni Relevancy Score: 37 Mon Dec 29, 2008 at 5:37 AM
It’s easier than ever to find out what consumers are talking about when it comes to your company or type of business today. Log online and run a Google Search, or a Twitter search - better yet, program Google Alerts with your ...READ»
BYAdam Hanft Relevancy Score: 36 Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Something new is happening on Skittles.com. The company isn't putting its real estate to work as a marketing platform--singing the vast and socially beneficial aspects of Skittles.
Instead, they have turned their homepage over ...READ»
BYVisible.net Inc. Relevancy Score: 35 Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Visible.net Company Profiles - Get Visible, Be Visible!
Here's a list of Visible.net company profiles across the Web...
TechVibes
Seattle Startup Blogs
Fast Company
Compete
Alexa
Crunch ...READ»
BYChris Dannen Relevancy Score: 32 Wed Nov 4, 2009 at 2:09 PM
A defunct navigation company called WebMap Technologies is suing 15 different major companies in what might be the most bloated and fatuous IP lawsuit in recent memory. And it just might pay off.
WebMap's principals are claiming that ...READ»
