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Interesting--here in Houston I stopped using Google Maps long ago when I want to look up a business's hours. In fact, I had already stopped using it when Citys
by stephenhuey 10y ago
Interesting--here in Houston I stopped using Google Maps long ago when I want to look up a business's hours. In fact, I had already stopped using it when Citysearch was popular, but I don't use that anymore either. Google Maps often has out-of-date data whereas Yelp always feels current.
- krrrh 10y agoI agree. What it comes down to I think, is how easy it is to contribute information on Yelp. Even when the posted hours are wrong or not present, I'll happily fix or add them. It's a huge competitive advantage for Yelp that they have maintained a community wiki- feel to the operation, and the emails and workflow are excellent. I'd never go through the same effort on Google because I wouldn't be sure it would ever make a difference.
- asteadman 10y agoGoogle is actually pretty good at accepting updates to things like operating hours. I've done it many times. They actually have a program (https://www.google.com/local/guides/ https://www.google.com/local/guides/) that encourages you to keep their maps up-to-date with correct information.