TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc.
(NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local
businesses, today announced the availability of Yelp Taiwan
(http://www.yelp.com.tw). Beginning today, people throughout
Taiwan are able to create accounts
on Yelp.com.tw 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.tw).
"From shopping at street markets for sweet and savory snacks, to
getting lost on the many hiking trails, Taiwan is an energetic tropical island full of
surprises," says Miriam Warren, Vice
President of New Markets. "Similar to Yelp's home in Silicon
Valley, a bevy of influential technology firms make their home in
Taiwan. It's definitely a natural
fit."
Yelp continues its growth across Asia with the launch in Taiwan, and will initially appoint a Community
Manager in Taipei. The main role
of the community manager will be to building a local community of
Yelpers in the city, and embody its commitment to connecting people
with great local businesses.
Yelp is available to everyone in Taiwan with access to the Internet, whether
that be via their desktop, smartphone or tablet, and they can do so
in any one of the 16 languages that Yelp currently supports,
including Traditional Chinese.
To learn more and see pictures of Yelp.com.tw and our iPhone and
Android applications, visit our Yelp Official Blog
(http://officialblog.yelp.com).
About Yelp
Yelp Inc. (http://www.yelp.com or http://www.yelp.com.tw)
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, United
Kingdom, Republic of
Ireland, France,
Germany, Austria, The
Netherlands, Spain,
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Singapore, Poland, Turkey, New
Zealand, Czech Republic,
Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, Japan, Argentina, Chile, Hong
Kong & Taiwan. Yelp had
a monthly average of 135 million unique visitors in Q4 2014*. By
the end of Q4 2014, Yelpers had written more than 71 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 72 million unique visitors
visited Yelp via their mobile device on a monthly average basis
during Q4 2014.
* Source: Google Analytics
*Media Contact:*
Elliot Adams
Yelp
eadams@yelp.com or press@yelp.com
+44 (0) 207 347 1663
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