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More valuable than all that is the fact that Yelp is the de-facto real-world review site. Its brand is powerful, about as powerful as YouTube's was when Google
by nudist 17y ago
More valuable than all that is the fact that Yelp is the de-facto real-world review site. Its brand is powerful, about as powerful as YouTube's was when Google bought them.
- natrius 17y agoA year or two ago, there were plenty of cities where Citysearch was more dominant than Yelp. I suspect this is still the case.
- sachinag 17y agoApparently, they've been neck and neck for about a year: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/yelp.com+citysearch.com+metromix.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/yelp.com+citysearch.com+met...
- pmorici 17y agoMaybe in the bay area. I'd never heard of yelp until I visited the area.
- warfangle 17y agoAlso in NYC. Heck, it's even good for restaurant reviews when I visit home in NC.
- adatta02 17y agoI'm in Boston and I agree, Yelp is pretty much the de-facto real world review site.
- josefresco 17y agoI have to disagree. Unless you live in a city, your average person has never heard of Yelp. When Google bought YouTube it was a different story.