Showing posts with label Yelp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yelp. Show all posts

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Keep It All Straight and Get Started with the Locals: Yahoo Local, Yelp, Google+ Local by @highervis - and my links overview

Technology companies are always making news - thankfully for me personally because this is a tech site. Who're we looking at now?

In our first little bunch, let's have a look at the sites taking about Google and Google Analytics:
- Keep It All Straight and Get Started with the Locals: Yahoo Local, Yelp, Google+ Local by @highervis from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Doodle 4 Google 2013 Winner's Best Day: When Her Dad Came Home From War from searchenginewatch.com
- Google X Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines from techcrunch.com





Google+ has been getting a lot of press too:
- Sprout Social Announces Google Plus Page Integration from technorati.com





The next topics I'll be covering are Search engine optimization and Search engine results page.
- 7 Steps to SEO at Scale: How to Ramp Up Your Search Engine Optimization Strategy - "Each of those attempts represents buyers looking for solutions at the moment of need. Online marketers that take advantage of modern, scalable search engine optimization best practices as part of their overall digital marketing mix can gain a significant advantage over competitors to become "the best answer" when it matters most. Understanding the basics of search engine optimization can be challenging given how often major search engines update and change the rules" - said www.toprankblog.com
- Study: TV Networks Not Ranking In Key SERP Positions, Losing Valuable Search & Traffic Opportunities - searchengineland.com





















Saturday, February 9, 2013

AOL Q4 2012 Beats The Street On Sales Of $600M, Showing Its First Revenue Growth In 8 Years

Technology companies are forever making news - thankfully for me since this is a tech blog. Who're we looking at today?

In our first little group, why don't we check out the sites taking about Google and Search engine optimization:
- Google's Win on Advertising in Australian Court May Prove a Tough Hurdle for Competitors and Foes in a Court of Law from technorati.com
- Confirmed: Google Removes "Not Selected" From Webmaster Tools from searchengineland.com
- Alchemy API Raises $2 Million For Neural Net Analysis Tech, On Par With IBM Watson, Google from techcrunch.com

Facebook and Yelp, Inc. seemed to get mentioned quite a bit too:
- Facebookmageddon: Apparent Bug On Facebook Brings Down Parts Of Internet from www.huffingtonpost.com
- Facebook's Oldest Member Has a Favor to Ask from technorati.com
- For A Brief, Terrible Moment, Facebook Connect Broke A Bunch Of Websites, But It Says We Can All Breathe Easy Now from techcrunch.com



Did you catch all the talk about IOS and IPhone? Here are the most interesting links:
- Cooliris Expands Again With Yandex Partnership, Hits 3 Million Downloads On iOS - "As of today, Cooliris has 3 million iOS users, around 60 percent of which are in the U.S., with the next largest market being Asia, at 30 percent of users" - said techcrunch.com

Let's finish up by checking out Revenue and AOL Inc..
- AOL Q4 2012 Beats The Street On Sales Of $600M, Showing Its First Revenue Growth In 8 Years - "AOL (owner of TechCrunch) has just reported earnings for Q4 2012: revenues came in at$599.5 million on earnings of 41 cents per share" - said techcrunch.com















Thursday, August 2, 2012

Yelp Stock Up On Upbeat Q2 Earnings Report - along with my links review

Corporations, technology, media ... it's all good isn't it?

In our first little grouping, why don't we check out the websites taking about Samsung Group and Sony:
- Apple vs. Samsung Patent Trial Begins: 10 Things You Should Know from www.eweek.com
- In Case Anyone Cares, Here Are A Bunch Of Early Samsung Slider Concept Designs from techcrunch.com
- Samsung Angers Court by Releasing Excluded Trial Documents from mashable.com





Debit card and American Express seemed to come up quite a bit too:
- Google Wallet's Huge Upgrade Adds Support For All Credit/Debit Cards, Remote Disable Feature from techcrunch.com
- Google Wallet Gets Cloud Version That Supports Visa Inc. MasterCard, American Express and Discover Card from www.webpronews.com

Facebook and Revenue were mentioned a lot too:
- Zynga And Bump Delve Into Their Social-Mobile Future This Friday At The Facebook Ecosystem CrunchUp - "And we'll have two companies smack in the middle of the shift present at our Facebook Ecosystem CrunchUp this Friday in Redwood City, Calif., sharing how they're surviving in this new world" - said techcrunch.com
- Google Buys Facebook Marketing Company Wildfire - searchenginewatch.com
- Why Facebook Does not 'Get' Advertising - technorati.com

Let's finish off by finding out about Yelp, Inc. and U.S..
- Yelp Stock Up On Upbeat Q2 Earnings Report - "Yelp has released its Q2 earnings report" - said www.webpronews.com
- Yelp's Jeremy Stoppelman On Mobile: Apps Account For Majority Of Weekend Searches, Ads Coming Soon - techcrunch.com















Sunday, March 4, 2012

Yelp, Inc. Shares Pop Over 60 Percent In Early Trading; Valued At $1.3 Billion - with links of the day

So, it's time for a look at most significant links of the day. I've dug up stuff on Yelp, Inc. Twitter and Google.

So, who's been discussing Yelp? It was techcrunch.com with their post entitled Yelp Shares Pop Over 60 Percent In Early Trading; Valued At $1.3 Billion.

What did they say about Yelp? Well...:
Wow
and went on to say
Reviews site Yelp just saw a huge pop in early trading of its stock on the New York Stock Exchange this morning. Yelp opened at $22 per share, after pricing at $15 last night. Shares, which are listed under the symbol 'YELP', are trading up 60 percent from last night's pricing, putting Yelp's valuation at over $1.3 billion


Google
Google: also known as The Big G

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Next up it's a site that's been talking about Google - Google Chrome To Be Used by U.S. State Department.

They said:
They were getting Google Chrome
... sounds interesting ...
Secretary Clinton's answer pleased and surprised them all.


Last but not least it's Age Limits for Twitter Followers? New Platform Offers Booze Barrier from techland.time.com, focussing on Twitter. Great things from them, particularly
Okay, hiding stuff from kids online is sort of like trying to blot out the sky with a handkerchief, but a new platform called Vitrue (get it?) is taking a stab at making itharder for underage Twitter users to follow alcohol brands via the popular social networking service
and
(MORE:Is Twitter Really More Addictive than Alcohol? The Vagaries of Will and Desire)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Ahead Of Its IPO On The NYSE, Yelp, Inc. Shows Growing Losses - with the best links of the day

Welcome back! I imagine you've come for another glance at the best of the web. I've found some interesting links on Yelp, Inc. Facebook and Motorola.

To kick it off, let's see who's been talking about Yelp? It was techcrunch.com who wrote an article called Ahead Of Its IPO On The NYSE, Yelp Shows Growing Losses.

What did they say about Yelp? They said:
It may now be obscured by all the hoopla surrounding Facebook's going public, but back in November the popular user-generated review site, Yelp, filed to go public and planned to raise $100 million ahead of its IPO (at an expected $1 to $2 billion valuation)
and went on to say
On Friday, Yelp filed an amended S-1 that shows that the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "YELP."


Next up it's a site that's been talking about Motorola - Motorola Xoom Tablets Sold With User Data on Woot.

They wrote:
Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) Feb. 3 said that it failedto wipe some user data from roughly 100 out of a batch of 6,200 Motorola XoomWiFi tablets that were refurbished and resold via daily deals Website Woot betweenOctober and December 2011
... right ...
Motorola warned the user data could include informationusers previously stored on the 10.1-inch Android slate, including user namesand passwords for e-mail and social sites such as Facebook and Twitters, aswell as other Websites and applications that require user credentials. The datacould also include objects stored on the machine, including documents andphotographs.


To finish it's Cricket: The Full Truth About Yuvraj Singh! from technorati.com, focussing on Facebook. The wrote good quality stuff, particularly
Indian cricket team's prime match winner Yuvraj Singh is in trouble
and
The earlier medical reports indicating his lung tumor as benign had been proved wrong by doctors in the US. It is found to be malignant and India's star cricketer has cancer