topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources yodle news newspapers books scholar jstor free images october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message yodle founded march 2005 2005 03 headquarters new york city us key people court cunningham ceo 1 eric raab cio 2 services online marketing revenue 163 million 3 number of employees 1 100 3 4 website yodle.com yodle is an american company which sells online marketing generally to small businesses in the u.s. and canada . as of the end of 2014 the company had more than 1 200 employees and reported an annual revenue of 163 million . the company was founded by nathaniel stevens milind mehere ben rubenstein kartik hosanagar and john berkowitz in 2005 . 8 the company was previously called natpal but changed its name in 2007 . contents 1 foundation and history 2 services 2.1 outrank by rogers 3 awards 4 references foundation and history edit in 2005 nathaniel stevens and ben rubenstein launched the business 9 which was not going well 9 until a local dentist hired them . the company shifted focus to doctors lawyers as well as other local businesses . 9 and thereafter expanded changing the name from natpal to yodle . 10 in an interview cunningham stated that yodle s goal was to double the value of our product every eighteen months . 4 in 2013 yodle was listed 28 on forbes s 2013 america s most promising companies list 11 and was ranked 21 on deloitte technology s 2011 fast 500 ranking list 12 due to its rapid growth . 13 the company has offices in austin texas 14 charlotte north carolina scottsdale arizona and atlanta georgia ; with headquarters in new york new york . 15 in july 2014 yodle filed a form s 1 and an s 1 a with the us securities and exchange commission sec as one of the first steps in an ipo . 16 web.com announced that it had completed its acquisition of yodle on march 9 2016 . 17 services edit the company helps smaller local businesses with mobile optimized website listings on search engines paid search advertising and search engine optimization . 18 yodle also offers retention marketing following the company s acquisition 19 of lighthouse practice management group . 20 outrank by rogers edit in 2011 a partnership was formed between rogers communications and yodle to provide a suite of digital marketing services to canadian small business . these solutions have been deployed under the name outrank by rogers and operate as a business unit within the company . 21 awards edit yodle won 15 awards in 2013 22 including the google adwords premier smb partner . 23 references edit company . yodle . retrieved 6 november 2013 . taylor brian 4 november 2013 . yodle cio eric raab create positive dynamics and hire great people . tech republic . retrieved 8 november 2013 . a b court cunningham . yodle . retrieved 6 november 2013 . a b is yodle headed for an ipo . bloomberg . retrieved 7 november 2013 . history . yodle . retrieved 6 november 2013 . yodle . forbes . retrieved 7 november 2013 . building a fast growth local advertising business yodle co founders ben rubenstein and john berkowitz part 2 . sramana mitra s one million by one million blog . 26 october 2012 . retrieved 7 november 2013 . a b all politics is local and so are sales leads the birth of an internet search company . knowledge wharton . wharton . 18 april 2007 . a b c fass allison 28 may 2013 . the one stop online marketing shop . inc. retrieved 9 november 2013 . foley john 21 april 2008 . yodle gets google seal of approval . information week . retrieved 9 november 2013 . america s most promising companies . forbes . retrieved 7 november 2013 . deloitte s 2011 technology fast 500 ranking pdf . deloitte . retrieved 8 november 2013 . 2013 fast 50 . crain s. retrieved 7 november 2013 . novak shonda 19 september 2012 . fast growing yodle raises curtain on new austin operation . statesman.com . retrieved 9 november 2013 . yodle inc. . bbb . retrieved 9 november 2013 . edgar search results . web.com completes acquisition of yodle . 9 march 2016 . retrieved 7 june 2016 . zimmerman eilene 8 october 2013 . how google s search changes affect small businesses . boss.blogs.nytimes.com . new york times . retrieved 2 january 2014 . messina judy 2013 03 04 . fast growing yodle makes acquisition . crainsnewyork.com . crain s. retrieved 2 january 2014 . yodle acquires lighthouse practice management group . bizjournals . 2013 03 04 . retrieved 14 april 2016 . laermer emily . online marketer yodle expanding into canada . crain s new york business . crain communications inc. awards . yodle . retrieved 9 november 2013 . find a premier smb partner to help grow your business . google . retrieved 10 november 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yodle & oldid 724531942 categories companies based in new yorkinternet marketinghidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from october 2014all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 june 2016 at 21 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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