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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Wilson Laurence   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol YELP INC [YELP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Administrative Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O YELP INC., 140 NEW MONTGOMERY ST., 9TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/07/2019 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 02/07/2019   A   13,794 (1) A $ 0 189,466 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 36.25

02/07/2019

A

55,950

(2)

02/07/2029

Common Stock

55,950

$ 0

55,950

D

Performance Rights

(3)

02/07/2019

A

13,794

(3)

02/07/2023

Common Stock

13,794

$ 0

13,794

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Wilson Laurence C/O YELP INC. 140 NEW MONTGOMERY ST., 9TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105			Chief Administrative Officer

Signatures

/s/ Donna Hammer, Attorney-in-fact		02/11/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents the grant of restricted stock units that vest in equal quarterly installments over four years from the date of grant.
(2)	The shares underlying the stock option vest in equal monthly installments over 48 months following the grant date.
(3)	The performance rights are subject to both a performance goal and time-based vesting. The rights are eligible to vest only if the average closing price of the issuer's stock equals or exceeds $45.3125 over any 60-trading day period during the four years following the grant date. If the performance goal is met, the rights will vest quarterly over four years following the grant date, subject to the reporting person's continued service. Any rights that have met the time-based vesting schedule at the time the performance goal is achieved will fully vest as of such date, and thereafter any remaining unvested rights will continue vesting solely according to the time-based vesting schedule, subject to the continuous service requirement.

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