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Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by village-idiot »

duxup wrote: post #4

I abandoned Yelp as a user pretty quick as it was just too much to filter through so many reviews by people who 1) Had some one off bad experience that is probably not representative of anything. 2) Wished that place they reviewed was like some other place that is kinda the same but ... it's twice the price so why are you comparing?

The number of people who clearly had no idea what they were signing up for was always amusing to me.

Example, if you go to a hole in the wall taco joint, you're going to get greasy tacos served on plastic or paper plates. I mean, it's not fancy, but they're also $1 each. By complaining about that on yelp you're just showing off your silliness, not providing anything useful to other potential customers.

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by tashoecraft »

sharemywin wrote: post #3

I don't understand why they don't offer delivery like grubhub?

The problem I have with yelp is really the central idea of it. Who said random people are good at reviewing restaurants? Everyone's meaning of good is different, everyone's expectation for everything is on different scales with different meanings. Consolidating it all into a simple interface doesn't work. I really want two different services, one for finding something I'll be very happy with and may return to (usually found through trusted reviewers) or I'm someplace random and want whatever I get to not be terrible. Yelp is only okay at the later of two.

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Post by SnowingXIV »

Yelp is incredibly annoying as a business owner. After signing up to setup basic NAP consistency, they will automatically flag it as some sort of tag often incorrectly and then continue to call and email you asking to spend advertising dollars on their site for months. Even after asking them to no longer do so.

I'm glad google reviews and others have taken their place.

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Post by SaltyBackendGuy »

duxup wrote: post #4

I abandoned Yelp as a user pretty quick as it was just too much to filter through so many reviews by people who 1) Had some one off bad experience that is probably not representative of anything. 2) Wished that place they reviewed was like some other place that is kinda the same but ... it's twice the price so why are you comparing?

I worked with an IOS guy from Argentina, before software, he was paid to write reviews for companies in the states.There's some plausible deniability, he worked for a contracting company that did this work. Since then, I stopped using Yelp.

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by faitswulff »

mlrtime wrote: post #9

I don't have any sympathy for a site that purposely cripples the web mobile site to force you to install their app. They lock you out of pictures after around 20 so you have to go to desktop or install their crappy app. Yelp will not be missed.

What do you use instead?

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Post by ghaff »

duxup wrote: post #4

I abandoned Yelp as a user pretty quick as it was just too much to filter through so many reviews by people who 1) Had some one off bad experience that is probably not representative of anything. 2) Wished that place they reviewed was like some other place that is kinda the same but ... it's twice the price so why are you comparing?

It's not great but TBH I still find it to be better than nothing. You've pretty much described every review site on the Internet. "My hotel room in Manhattan was small." You don't say.

I still prefer Zagat (though it's not what it was when it was pretty much limited to foodies) where it's available. But if I'm in an area I don't know well I still will take Yelp over picking a restaurant on total whim or because it has a clever name.

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Post by meritt »

faitswulff wrote: post #17
mlrtime wrote: post #9

I don't have any sympathy for a site that purposely cripples the web mobile site to force you to install their app. They lock you out of pictures after around 20 so you have to go to desktop or install their crappy app. Yelp will not be missed.

What do you use instead?

Restaurants: Tripadvisor, Google, Zagat

Service Providers: Homeadvisor, Angie's List

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by stephencoyner »

faitswulff wrote: post #17
mlrtime wrote: post #9

I don't have any sympathy for a site that purposely cripples the web mobile site to force you to install their app. They lock you out of pictures after around 20 so you have to go to desktop or install their crappy app. Yelp will not be missed.

What do you use instead?

Google maps reviews is just as good if not better in some ways IMO. That's what I use as an alternative.
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