The founders of Yelp, the same company that rejected a $500 million acquisition offer from Google two years ago, must be feeling absolutely fantastic about their first day trading on the stock market. But Google hasn't given up trying to take over the listings business.
Zagat released its annual America's Top Restaurants survey today, which seeks to answer all sorts of questions on American food culture--but one question matters more than others: which U.S. city is the worst at tipping?
The company got the restaurant review site for a 125 million
With a renewed focus on locals, Google is getting into the content business
The tech company will integrate Zagat into its local reviews services
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