SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE:
YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local
businesses, today announced the availability of Yelp Chile
(http://www.yelp.cl). Beginning today, people throughout
Chile are able to create accounts
on Yelp.cl 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.cl).
"This South American country may be svelte, but it's actually
twice the size of Germany by
landmass," says VP New Markets Miriam Warren. "From the wind-swept
Moai of Easter Island to its
territories in Antarctica,
Chile is a land of contrasts. Yelp
is thrilled to welcome one of the most economically stable and
prosperous countries in South
America into the fold."
Yelp continues its expansion across South America with the launch in Chile, the 28th country to start a community
of Yelpers that take pride and pleasure in sharing their
experiences of local businesses. The city of Santiago will be the focus of the initial
community building efforts and will be home to Chile's first Yelp Community Manager, but the
full-featured site will be available across the country as a
whole.
Everyone, everywhere in Chile
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 15 different languages currently
supported by Yelp, and for any business, ranging from bakeries to
cocktail bars and locksmiths to food trucks.
To learn more and see pictures of Yelp.cl 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.cl)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, Mexico, Japan, Argentina and Chile. Yelp had a monthly average of 138
million unique visitors in Q2 2014.* By the end of Q2 2014 Yelpers
had written more than 61 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
68 million unique visitors visited Yelp via their mobile device on
a monthly average basis during Q2 2014. For more information,
please visit http://www.yelp.com/ or send an email to
press@yelp.com.
* Source: "Users" as measured by Google Analytics
Media Contacts:
Elliot
Adams
Yelp
eadams@yelp.com or press@yelp.com
+44 (0) 207 347 1663
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SOURCE Yelp Inc.