Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars

Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by zackattack on Monday December 21, 2009 @04:11AM (#1007461)

What would you recommend in NYC instead of Yelp?

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by dzlobin on Monday December 21, 2009 @12:47PM (#1008219)

I second nymag. Also, while not a replacement for yelp, Per Se, keeping up with ny.eater.com will ensure you know of all the interesting/amazing places to eat/go out.

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by defen on Monday December 21, 2009 @05:02AM (#1007509)

nymag.com is pretty good.

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by joubert on Monday December 21, 2009 @08:01AM (#1007669)

Seconded. NY Mag is far more in the know, and current.

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by axod on Monday December 21, 2009 @05:12AM (#1007518)

Call me carazzzy, but word of mouth??

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by dagw on Monday December 21, 2009 @06:32AM (#1007583)

Word of mouth really only works if you live there, not so much if you're just passing through. And the time you really need a site like yelp is for all those times you're just passing through place and want to know who will do you a good pizza.

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by axod on Monday December 21, 2009 @07:12AM (#1007622)

OK, I guess I misunderstood the use case. Seems like a niche to me.

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by dagw on Monday December 21, 2009 @09:36AM (#1007808)

That's my use case for yelp like sites anyway. When I'm at home I go out for dinner on avg. once or twice a week or so and go to a new restaurant probably less than 1 time in 10, so my need for restaurant reviews is quite low. I also have plenty of other local sources for good reviews when I need them

When I'm traveling I eat out basically every night and visit a new restaurant pretty close 100% of the time. On the whole I have much greater need for a site with reviews of restaurants in not my home town than in my home town, and that hardly seems niche to me.

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Re:Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars by joubert on Monday December 21, 2009 @08:01AM (#1007670)

Then try TimeOut?

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