MEXICO CITY, March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE:
YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local
businesses, today announced the availability of Yelp Mexico
(http://www.yelp.com.mx). Beginning today, people throughout
Mexico are able to create accounts
on Yelp.com.mx to share their opinions about great local
businesses. Yelp's free iPhone and Android applications will be
available as well as its free suite of business owner tools: Yelp
for Business Owners (http://biz.yelp.com.mx).
"Mexico is a vibrant mosaic of
micheladas, mole, and muralism, just to name a few of its cultural
contributions," says Miriam Warren,
VP of New Markets. "Whether you're looking for a taco fix, a
refreshing pulque, or a beautiful alebrije for your home, locals
will now be able to find their favorite businesses on Yelp."
Yelp extends its Latin American footprint with the launch of
Mexico, the 25th country to
develop a community of Yelpers who take pride in highlighting the
best of Mexico, wherever they are.
Mexico City will see the initial
focus of Yelp community building efforts and will be home to Yelp's
first Community Manager in Mexico,
but the full-featured site will be available across the whole of
Mexico.
Everyone, everywhere in Mexico
with access to the internet on a desktop or a smartphone now has
the ability to share their insights on what is good, great and
not-so great about local businesses in their neighborhoods. This
can be done in any one of the 14 different languages currently
supported by Yelp, and for any business ranging from shoe repairers
to cocktail bars and carpet cleaners to taco vendors.
To learn more and see pictures of Yelp.com.mx and our iPhone and
Android applications, visit our Yelp Official Blog
(http://officialblog.yelp.com).
About Yelp
Yelp (http://www.yelp.com or http://www.yelp.com.mx) 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, Finland, Singapore, Poland, Turkey, New
Zealand, the Czech
Republic, Brazil,
Portugal and Mexico. Yelp had a monthly average of 120
million unique visitors in Q4 2013*. By the end of Q4 2013, Yelpers
had written more than 53 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. Approximately
53 Million unique visitors visited Yelp via their mobile device on
a monthly average basis during Q4 2013. For more information,
please visit http://www.yelp.com/ or send an email to
press@yelp.com.
* Source: Google Analytics
Media Contacts:
Elliot Adams
Yelp
eadams@yelp.com or press@yelp.com
+44 (0) 207 347 1663
Logo -
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO
SOURCE Yelp Inc.