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Yelp: Social networking meets restaurant reviews
John C. Dvorak's latest column is about Yelp, a new site that combines social networking a la Friendster to restaurant and
business reviews a la Epinions. If you're looking for a restaurant you can see what others have recommended and their
ratings, plus other places they've rated, what their friends have rated, and so on. As Dvorak says, "If it turns
out that a person likes Denny's and hates Le Bec-Fin in Philadelphia, then that person is probably not someone who
would be great at suggesting fabulous French restaurants, but he might be good at finding a coffee shop." Apart
from restaurants, Yelp also includes categories for "Night Life," "Beauty and Spas,"
"Acitve Life," and more. Refreshingly, Yelp has some modern features like inline Google Maps and RSS feeds.
Unfortunately there's not a single Yelp-reviewed restaurant within 100 miles of me, but maybe if Yelp is able to reach
critical mass, that will change.
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Kesey said 6:34PM on 12-30-2005
Semi-interesting - but loaded with what I consider spam and a deviation from the point of the site. I mean, do I really need to hear someones comments on a Benigans or a Sports Authority? No. I want to know about places I may not have heard of. The site (at least in my area) is just littered with pointless locations - Baskin-Robins...we've all been.
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Chris said 12:00PM on 12-31-2005
Actually, Baskin Robbins, I've never been...
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