It foresaw the advantage of excellent mapping technology to sell location based advertising and other services beyong directions to the user.

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Yelp generated 70% of its revenue in 2011 from local advertising, 21% from brand advertising, and 9% from Deals and other services.

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In addition to products, it sells cars, insurance, travel accommodations, other services and advertising.

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