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By: lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Why Yelp Works

lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Why Yelp Works — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:12:43 +0000

[...] More on Yelp and it still holds true even from 2006. [...]

By: jOn

jOn — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:47:31 +0000

Great article Karl. Yelp and Dodgeball would be really interesting actually. I currently in Fremont but I’m up in the city enough that I’ll check out some of the places you’ve Yelped already!

Jon

By: karl long

karl long — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:53:39 +0000

Hey Rohit, thanks for that link, turnhere.com is a very interesting example, sort of geotagged video. It would be great in my opinion if yelp.com actually was able to "mashup" geotagged content related to it's reviews, take zooomr.com photo's, turnhere.com videos etc. Also, great implications for mobile social media (are you listening Paul) Cheers, karl

By: rohit bhargava

rohit bhargava — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:40:54 +0000

Great post Karl. One thing that I find interesting is how travel review sites like Yelp, which are great for aggregating user contributed content and opinions, might also find a way of credibly merging other content such as semi-pro videos from sites like Turnhere.com, which I wrote about here. If Yelp.com can find a way to integrate content like this while still setting it apart in the same way Wikipedia lists "external links" - I believe Yelp.com can really become the best go-to resource for all kinds of travel information online.

By: karl long

karl long — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:39:34 +0000

Thanks Mack, they sure are growing at an incredible rate, and when you consider that they have been primarily “bay area” for the first couple of years it’s almost unfair to compare them to citysearch which is hundreds of city’s if not countries. IMHO Yelp nailed it and will smoke citysearch, zagats, and more.

By: Mack Collier

Mack Collier — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:30:04 +0000

I checked with Alexaholic, and at the rate that Yelp is increasing, and CitySearch is decreasing, Yelp should pass Citysearch in the next few months.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:41:29 +0000

Why Social Media Kills The Competition – Yelp.com…

Karl long takes a look a the relatively new competitor to citysearch, yelp.com and comments on what he thinks any social media effort needs to pay attention to….