3 ms·

Unfortunately especially with restaurants i am seeing more and more have only a Facebook page. I really don't like this trend. For example the format is stale a

Unfortunately especially with restaurants i am seeing more and more have only a Facebook page. I really don't like this trend. For example the format is stale and the information is often poor - many whom only have a Facebook site don't even publish a menu!

LoSboccacc 11y ago
But they have a need: publish content for free because screw website and domains and servers and all that crap. They know how to facebook, they probably know they won't win a website award but their need is satisfied (come up on google for restaurant in x that does y). They are better served by million other things, but they know facebook. Check them out and you'll find they probably won't have a verifyed listing on google or tripadvisor. There is a vast untapped market of digital semiliterate that only waits to be tapped. See also: medium. Why that and not wordpress.com? Because they speak the right language.
- tangled_zans 11y ago
  Your last sentence is interesting. Can you elaborate on what you mean by "speaking the right language"?
  - LoSboccacc 11y ago
    Well wordpress start describing itself as a hosting plarform, medium as a community of writers and readers. Two totally different target.
    - tangled_zans 11y ago
      Yeah that makes sense!
Trundle 11y ago
I can't argue with stale format other than to say that if you're visiting restaurant websites wanting a unique browsing experience then I expect you're in an extreme minority. Would you happen to also be opposed to bootstrap? As for poor information, I don't see how that's the result of Facebook. Plenty of restaurants neglect all sorts of information on their websites. Add in that plenty didn't bother with websites before, but now have a Facebook page, I'd say Facebook has drastically increased the amount of information available on restaurants.
pcocko 11y ago
Restaurants need opinions from customers to influence other customers. Tripadvisor, and a bit less Yelp, are the main tools in internet to promote their business.

LoSboccacc 11y ago

But they have a need: publish content for free because screw website and domains and servers and all that crap. They know how to facebook, they probably know they won't win a website award but their need is satisfied (come up on google for restaurant in x that does y). They are better served by million other things, but they know facebook. Check them out and you'll find they probably won't have a verifyed listing on google or tripadvisor. There is a vast untapped market of digital semiliterate that only waits to be tapped. See also: medium. Why that and not wordpress.com? Because they speak the right language.

tangled_zans 11y ago
Your last sentence is interesting. Can you elaborate on what you mean by "speaking the right language"?
- LoSboccacc 11y ago
  Well wordpress start describing itself as a hosting plarform, medium as a community of writers and readers. Two totally different target.
  - tangled_zans 11y ago
    Yeah that makes sense!

Trundle 11y ago

I can't argue with stale format other than to say that if you're visiting restaurant websites wanting a unique browsing experience then I expect you're in an extreme minority. Would you happen to also be opposed to bootstrap? As for poor information, I don't see how that's the result of Facebook. Plenty of restaurants neglect all sorts of information on their websites. Add in that plenty didn't bother with websites before, but now have a Facebook page, I'd say Facebook has drastically increased the amount of information available on restaurants.

pcocko 11y ago

Restaurants need opinions from customers to influence other customers. Tripadvisor, and a bit less Yelp, are the main tools in internet to promote their business.