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Peter this week on the communicators, we want to introduce you to luther lowe, who is the Senior Vice President for Public Policy for a site called yelp. Mr. Lowe, what exactly is yelp, and what do you do . Luther thank you for having me on today, peter. It is a pleasure. Yelp is a website and Popular Consumer application that allows people to connect with great local businesses. It is a service that empowers and protects consumers, allows people to discover great local gems, at a way for consum...

People to connect with state and local businesses. Its a service that empowers and protects consumers, allows people to discover great local gyms and a way for consumers to warn fellow consumers about not serving businesses. Host how many visitors a month did you have . Guest depending on how you want to break it out, theres folks that access it via mobile web, via the website, via the app. Its about, north of 100 Million People and then we had over 200 million reviews that have been submitted. ...

Yelp is a website and Popular Consumer applications it allows both connect with great local businesses. Its a service that empowers and protects consumers, allows people to discover great local gyms in a way for consumers to warn fellow consumers about not so great businesses. So how many visitors a month you have . Depending on how you want to break it out, this people who access it via mobile web, the website, be of the app, its north of the 100 Million People and we have over 200 million revi...

Luther thank you for having me on today, peter. Yelp is a website and Popular Consumer application that allows people to connect with rate local businesses. It is a service that empowers and protects consumers, allows people to discover rate local gyms, at a way for consumers to warn fellow consumers about not so great businesses. Host how many visitors a month to have . Luther depending on how you break it out, there are folks who access it via mobile web, the website, the app, it is north of 1...

Website via the app but its north of 100 Million People and then we have over two and a million reviews that have been submitted. Host how do you make money . Guest yelp not unlike services with google it is a vertical Search Engine that basically if i do a search for a dentist in san diego there are a handful of dentists who are paying to basically have a sponsored clearly labeled as such link that lives above the organic search results and therefore they get more discovery of their business an...

Host this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to luther lowe who was Senior Vice President for Public Policy for for a site cd yelp. What exactly is yelp and what do you do it . Guest thank you so much for having me on today, peter. Its a pleasure. Yelp is a website and piping the consumer application that allows people to connect with great local businesses. It is a service that empowers and protects consumers, allows people to discover great local gyms, and a way for consumers t...

This week on the communicators we want to introduce you to the Senior Vice President for Public Policy for a site called yelp. What exactly is yelp and what you do . Thank you for having me on today, peter. Populara website and consumer application that allows people to connect with rate local businesses. It is a service that empowers and protects consumers, allows people to discover rate local tos, at a way for consumers warn fellow consumers about not so great businesses. Host how many visitor...

Now it is my absolute pleasure to introduce our guest speaker. Jennifer pahlka is the founder of code for america, former deputy chief Technology Officer under obama. Her book, recoding america why government is failing in the age and how we can do better was recently called one of the best policy books ive ever read. And the book i wish every policymaker could read by New York Times ezra klein, who, as probably all know, has quite, quite a big reach. Her book, a bold call to reexamine how gover...

Government is failing in the age and how we can do better was recently called one of the best policy books ive ever read. And the book i wish every policymaker could read by New York Times ezra klein, who, as probably all know, has quite, quite a big reach. Her book, a bold call to reexamine how government operates it goes beyond a call for more money or fancy or technology and into root cause analysis of the improvements that need to be made to end growing bureaucratic dysfunction, governments ...

Government is failing in the age and how we can do better was recently called one of the best policy books ive ever read. And the book i wish every policymaker could read by New York Times ezra klein, who, as probably all know, has quite, quite a big reach. Her book, a bold call to reexamine how government operates it goes beyond a call for more money or fancy or technology and into root cause analysis of the improvements that need to be made to end growing bureaucratic dysfunction, governments ...