Topic: Geoff Donaker

SMX East 2010 Video: Geoff Donaker Keynote

Keynote Q&A: Geoff Donaker, Chief Operating Officer, Yelp Presentations from SMX East, October 2010 Geoff Donaker talks about the incredible exposure Yelp can offer to local businesses, handling online reputation management issues, the future of location based services and much more. [flv:https://searchengineland.com/video_assets/east10/smx-east-2010-geoff-donaker-keynote.flv 364 204] Moderator: Chris Sherman, Executive Editor, Search Engine Land Speaker: Geoff Donaker, […]

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Yelp Targets Foursquare, Facebook With Check-In Offers

Yelp continues to play catch-up with some of its competition in the local search landscape. The company’s latest move is the announcement of “Check-in Offers.” If you’re familiar with the premise behind Foursquare’s business users rewarding “mayors” and others who check-in to local businesses, you’ll be familiar with Yelp’s product. The idea is the same: […]

SMX East 2010: The Full Recap

We posted day one, day two and day three coverage of the SMX East 2010 show. Now I wanted to provide a full recap with some stories and coverage I may have missed while at SMX. Day One: Keynote Roundtable: Search Marketing In Age Of Google And Bing, outspokenmedia.com SEO & User Generated Content, outspokenmedia.com […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 6, 2010

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Firefox To Add Bing As Search Option Bing announced that in the upcoming version of Firefox, Bing will be added as one of the standard set of search provider options. This […]

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Search Marketing Expo East 2010 Conference: Day Two Coverage

Below is the live blog coverage of the SMX East 2010 coverage that I found throughout the day: Actionable Metrics and Diagnostics, outspokenmedia.com Keynote Conversation with Yelp Chief Operating Officer Geoff Donaker, outspokenmedia.com Live Blog: SMX Keynote Conversation With Yelp COO, Geoff Donaker, Search Engine Land Live From SMX East: Facebook SEO – Free Ways […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 5, 2010

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Integrates Visual Search Into Mobile App For iPhone Google Goggles is an imperfect but promising technology that allows users to search with their cameras instead of their keyboards. It’s a […]

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Yelp Plans To Go Public

Local search powerhouse Yelp is planning to go public at some point in the future. That’s something that Yelp COO Geoff Donaker confirmed during his keynote conversation today at our SMX East conference in New York City. “We don’t see any reason not to be an independent company for years to come. Will we go […]

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Live Blog: SMX Keynote Conversation With Yelp COO, Geoff Donaker

Good morning! It’s almost time for day two of SMX East to begin and the plan is to live blog this morning’s keynote conversation between Yelp COO Geoff Donaker and Search Engine Land Executive Editor, Chris Sherman. But first, I’m the master of ceremonies and so I need to run up to the stage and […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 2010

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Mobile App Comes To Verizon Android Handsets Microsoft previously said there was going to be an Android version of Bing soon, following its successful iPhone app. Today there is — […]

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Yelp COO Geoff Donaker To Keynote SMX East

We’re delighted to announce that Yelp Chief Operating Officer Geoff Donaker will be in the spotlight for SMX East’s second day keynote on Tuesday, October 5th. Combining local search with customer reviews, special offers and a healthy dose of social interaction, Yelp is an indispensable resource for local businesses and those who enjoy “getting out […]

Google Announces “Favorite Places” Amid SMB Sales Event

Yesterday Google held a private event for small businesses (SMBs) at San Francisco City Hall hosted by SF Mayor Gavin Newsom. Private it was. As I searched for the email confirming that I was “on the list” (because I was told I wasn’t on the list when I arrived), I saw the gatekeepers turn many […]