Yelp Expands Its Operations In The UK

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Yelp Expands Its Operations In The UK

PR Newswire

LONDON, July 10, 2012

-HRH The Duke Of York Meets Yelp Executives As The Company Announces The

Creation Of Over 100 Jobs

-With photo

LONDON

,

July 10, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Yelp (NYSE: YELP), the company that

connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced the

expansion of their UK presence with the opening of their new sales office in

London

. Yelp has created 100 new jobs in

London

to help build their new sales

and marketing teams. This announcement is a landmark moment for the

expansion of Yelp's European operations as it moves to monetise its services in

Europe

for the first time.

The Duke of York today met with Yelp executives at their

London

office as the

announcement was made. "We are pleased that Yelp has decided to invest

further in the UK and use it as the gateway to

Europe

as it continues to deliver

on its impressive international expansion plans," said The Duke of York. "The UK

continues to prove an attractive investment proposition for innovative

companies, leading to job creation and skills development that will ensure the

UK remains an engine of growth."

"The UK is filled with entrepreneurial local business owners looking for targeted

ways to reach consumers; Yelp brings those businesses and consumers

together in a unique way," said Jed Nachman, Senior Vice President of Revenue

at Yelp. "In today's economic climate, providing consumers with relevant

information that helps them make educated decisions on where to spend their

hard-earned money is just as important as our role in highlighting and

supporting great local businesses. We are excited about this next chapter in

Yelp's evolution, especially as the UK becomes an important piece of our

European expansion plans."

To oversee the new sales operations in the UK, Mr. Nachman has relocated to

London

from Yelp headquarters in

San Francisco

. He joined Yelp in 2007 to lead

the company's sales team and has overseen rapidly growing sales, client

services, and revenue operations groups across three offices in the US. Mr.

Nachman will apply that wealth of experience to establish and drive further

growth throughout the UK.

An array of unique advertising products are now available to local businesses

and large brands looking to connect directly with Yelp's influential audience of

approximately 71 million* unique monthly visitors.

Yelp is in the process of recruiting its sales force that will be based in

London

and anyone interested in applying for the positions can find more information

at www.yelp.co.uk/careers.

Check out Yelp.co.uk or visit the Yelp Official Blog (http://officialblog.yelp.com)

to learn more about the company's international expansion efforts and iPhone

and Android mobile apps.

* Source: Google Analytics, monthly average basis during Q1 2012

About Yelp:

Yelp Inc. (http://www.yelp.co.uk) connects people with great local businesses.

Yelp was founded in

San Francisco

in

July 2004

. Since then, Yelp communities

have taken root in major metros across the US,

Canada

, UK,

Ireland

,

France

,

Germany

,

Austria

,

The Netherlands

,

Spain

,

Italy

,

Switzerland

,

Belgium

,

Australia

,

Sweden

,

Denmark

,

Norway

and

Finland

. Yelp had a monthly average

of approximately 71 million unique visitors in Q1 2012.** By the end of the

same quarter, Yelpers had written approximately 27 million rich, local reviews,

making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from

boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Yelp's mobile applications

were used on approximately 6.3 million unique mobile devices on a monthly

average basis during Q1 2012. For more information, please visit

http://www.yelp.co.uk or send an email to [e-mail].

** Source: Google Analytics

Media Contacts:

UK

Elliot Adams

Yelp

[e-mail] or [e-mail]

[phone]

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