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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 dunpeal »

allochthon wrote: post #86

I can't relate to the negativity I see here. I like Yelp quite a lot. There have been a number occasions where I've found an excellent local restaurant that I wouldn't have otherwise found. Admittedly, you have to know what you're doing. If you're in a food desert, like some parts of the US, you'll need to take those 4 and 4.5 star restaurant profiles with a grain of salt. What I would really like: the ability to sel…

Yelp was involved in more than a few shady dealings over the years, and most people remember that.

They manipulate their own rating for money, and for that reason many consider these ratings - their core product - to be unreliable and misleading.

They will not be missed.

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by chmod775 »

ransom1538 wrote: post #81
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.

"I don't have any sympathy for a site that purposely cripples the web mobile site to force you to install their app." They did this in response to Google. Their clicks from the google search results has been down for years [1]. What should they have done? [1] https://www.seroundtable.com/yelp-ceo-on-google-interstitial...

> They did this in response to Google. Their clicks from the google search results has been down for years [1]. What should they have done?

Create a service people will actually want to use?

They got a penalty for creating a frustrating experience, so they replaced it with another kind of frustrating experience?

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by kjeetgill »

skadamou wrote: post #31

Does anyone else find that their best restaurant experiences come from places that only show up on a yelp search several pages down (if at all)? A number of years ago I stopped using yelp to find places to eat in my hometown because I found that the app completely overlooked smaller, locally run places for big name places near tourist hot spots.

That's definitely true in SF ... Sorta. If a smaller place manages to attract hipster crowds that pour into it for a time, it can get to the top.

But when you're a site raking based on activity, what're you going to do? If Yelp didn't see traffic it can hardly recommend it.

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by vmchale »

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?

I just avoid user-hostile sites tbh. I don't go to expensive restaurants so if it's a miss I just avoid it in the future.

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by makecheck »

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.

Mobile browsers should differentiate the style of links with URLs that resolve to apps. I am tired of tapping links expecting to remain in Safari and having useless “open in app?” prompts instead. I’m not IN an app, I’m in a browser; I want to use the browser.

And when cancelling the prompt gets you nothing, it really feels like Yelp is screaming “NO SOUP FOR YOU!”.

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by diminoten »

allochthon wrote: post #86

I can't relate to the negativity I see here. I like Yelp quite a lot. There have been a number occasions where I've found an excellent local restaurant that I wouldn't have otherwise found. Admittedly, you have to know what you're doing. If you're in a food desert, like some parts of the US, you'll need to take those 4 and 4.5 star restaurant profiles with a grain of salt. What I would really like: the ability to sel…

Yeah, they'll bounce back -- for whatever reason, their brand is strong despite all of the issues they continually have.

I hope they go down in flames for their shady practices, and prove that being evil isn't a viable way to do business, but I'm not holding my breath.

They have eyeballs, and eyeballs pay bills, so they're not done for.

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by deadmetheny »

ilikehurdles wrote: post #70
Glyptodon wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if this is accurate, but I have the sense that Trip Advisor is kind of taking over the space, at least for food and cultural stuff.

I find TripAdvisor extremely inflated and I somehow always end up at tourist traps using it when I'm countries where yelp isn't available. It's more useful for finding out about sights but I avoid it for food and services.

TripAdvisor is hilariously easy to game[1]

[1]https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/434gqw/i-made-my-shed-the...

Re: Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site

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Post by internet555 »

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.

Strong agree. Unfortunately, it seems that many sites do this. Many I know refuse to use them for this reason.
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