Yelp Launches A New Developer Program: Yelp Fusion
September 20 2016 - 8:05AM
Business Wire
New Tools Provide Easier Access to More
Local Data and Content
Yelp Inc. (NYSE:YELP), the company that connects consumers with
great local businesses, is announcing the launch of a new developer
program to meet increasing demand for local data and content for
mobile apps, platforms, products and services. Yelp Fusion includes
access to much broader content and sophisticated search tools for
developers and partners and a new initiative to integrate the Yelp
Fusion API into developer curriculum and education.
Yelp now gives developers more photos at a much higher quality
as well as more review content and the ability to easily feature
restaurants that offer food ordering for delivery. Helpful
attributes like hours of operation and pricing are now also
available in the Yelp Fusion API for the first time.
“As devices and services are increasingly expected to be locally
aware, Yelp content is more important than ever. We are delighted
at the amazing array of independent developers, startups and
industry leaders who want to integrate Yelp content,” said Chad
Richard, SVP Business & Corporate Development at Yelp. “We have
had over 1,000 developers involved in the Yelp Fusion public beta
program. We can’t wait to see these new experiences roll out.”
Since launching Yelp’s first public API in 2007, tens of
thousands of developers have built Yelp data and search into their
applications. Yelp content has been used by thousands of startups
and some of the largest companies in the world, including Apple,
Twitter, Microsoft, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, for a broad array of
products including augmented reality devices, in-car navigation,
artificial intelligence, virtual assistants, transit, navigation,
messaging, data visualization, local search, and even robotics.
Some of the companies announcing Yelp Fusion integrations today
and in the coming weeks include SoundHound Inc.’s Hound and
Houndify, Logitech’s ZeroTouch, Graphiq, Blippar, Bar Roulette,
SoftBank’s Pepper robot, Thingthing, INRIX OpenCar, Coffee Meets
Bagel, Eniro, Hiya, iValu8’s VivaSpot Wi-Fi, and Local Motors and
IBM with the smart shuttle Olli.
"We know that picking the perfect first date spot is important,
but challenging,” said Dawoon Kang, co-founder of Coffee Meets
Bagel. “We immediately thought of working with Yelp because there
is no other service that has such an extensive and nuanced
understanding of local businesses. With the Yelp Fusion API we are
able to query Yelp's database by rating, price, and business
attributes like atmosphere and noise level and return the right
recommendations for Coffee Meets Bagel singles, which is
exciting."
"Logitech takes pride in bringing cool, new experiences to our
customers, so we're excited to work with a company like Yelp that
shares those same values," said Patric Frank, Head of New Ventures
at Logitech. "Through Yelp's new developer program, we've
integrated the Yelp Fusion API into Logitech ZeroTouch in a way
that fuses in-car navigation with quality local content, so people
can drive safer and still use Yelp."
In addition to technical improvements in Yelp’s API, the new
Yelp Fusion developer program also focuses on greater support to
developers both in the implementation phase and through education.
As an example of this, Yelp is partnering with General Assembly to
teach up-and-coming software developers how to integrate content
and data sources from the Yelp Fusion API as part of their
curriculum.
For more information on the Yelp Fusion developer program, a
list of technical improvements and content made accessible via the
Yelp Fusion API, and a partner showcase, please visit
yelp.com/developers and the Yelp blog.
About Yelp
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) 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 32
countries. By the end of Q2 2016, Yelpers had written approximately
108 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 23 million
unique devices accessed Yelp via the Yelp app, approximately 69
million unique visitors visited Yelp via mobile web and
approximately 73 million unique visitors visited Yelp via desktop
on a monthly average basis during the Q2 2016. For more
information, please visit http://www.yelp.com or send an email to
press@yelp.com.
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