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 and more patients coming through the door. Host mr. Lowe, you are the senior vp for Public Policy so we have you on the communicators to talk about Public Policy issues and in a recent testimony in the senate you are quoted as saying quote, google has conditioned consumers to expect for the best and most relevant results from around the web even though they no longer were by doing so but google physically demoted non google results even if they contained information with Higher Quality scores than
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 to warn fellow consumers its not such a great business. Host how many visitors a month do you have . Guest to be not how you want to break it out, theres folks that access it via mobile web, via the website, via the app. Its north of 100 Million People and then we have over 200 million reviews that have been submitted over the course of our life. Host how do you make money . Guest not unlike service like google, it is a vertical Search Engine. Basically if i just search for for a dentist in san d
Entity, and that the purpose of this program, and the others we do is not to advocate for any particular policies, but to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Toore handing this over james banner, i want to thank the support of the mellon foundation, which makes this series possible, and i want to , who hashel wheatley organized the arrangements, and i want to thank the office of jerry connelly, who looked room for a booked the room for us. We will be collecting questions on note cards. If you have not received one, and need one, let me know. In the second half of the hour, a, if you could write out your questions, i would appreciate it. And now, Professor James banner. Banner morning. Briefly set the context for this discussion and introduce our speakers. Session is devoted to the subject of congressional oversight of president ial behavior, but it originates from a book that was published last summer on presid
Oversight and president ial misconduct. This is part of an ongoing series by the National History center that brings historical issues thatto congress is currently addressing. Centerd stress that the is a strictly nonpartisan entity and is the purpose of this program and the others we do in the series are not to advocate for any particular policies, but to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. Toore handing this over james banner, i want to thank the support of the mellon foundation, which makes the series possible. I also want to thank rachel at the back of the room, the assistant director who has organized this. And i want to thank the office of congressman Jerry Connolly who booked the room today. Will beo note that we collecting questions on note cards. If you have not received one and need it, let me know. The second half of the hour q a, we have q1 day, write down your question. James banner good morning. I
Day. Good morning. I am dane kennedy, director of the National History center. I want to welcome you to this briefing on congressional oversight and president ial misconduct. This is part of an ongoing series by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issues that congress is currently addressing. I should stress that the center is a strictly nonpartisan entity and is the purpose of this program and the others we do in the series are not to advocate for any particular policies, but to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult ssues. Before handing this over to ames banner, i want to thank the support of the mellon foundation, which makes the series possible. I also want to thank rachel at the back of the room, the assistant director who has organized this. And i want to thank the office of congressman Jerry Connolly who booked the room today. I want to note that we will be collecting questions on not