1. A computer-implemented method for automatically identifying references to a new business within content returned from an online source, the method comprising: receiving content data from the online source; automatically determining, using an analysis of the content data, whether the content data includes at least one reference to the new business, wherein the analysis of the content data includes implementing a particular pattern recognition algorithm that is configured to process one or more text patterns extracted from the content data; in an instance in which the content data includes the new business reference, determining whether data representing the new business is already stored in a business repository; and in an instance in which the data representing the new business is not already stored in the business repository, automatically determining, based on at least one data quality signal associated with the content data, whether the new business reference is verified; and storing data representing the new business in the business repository in an instance in which the new business reference is verified.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein preceding the receiving of the content data comprises: receiving data representing a new business; generating a business query, wherein the business query includes at least one search term derived from the data representing the new business; submitting the business query to at least one search engine; and responsive to receiving search results from the business query, extracting the content data from the search results.