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Serious question. I thought Yelp was basically dead? I essentially only use Google reviews.

dagoat 8y ago
Last I checked Yelp is used by Apple on their maps in the US (and perhaps elsewhere). As for Google reviews - they always appear inflated whenever I cross check them, so you're always eating somewhere good. Same thing for facebook reviews.
nemothekid 8y ago
I’m someone who prefers Yelp to Google Reviews. 4, 4.5 and 5 star yelp rating is as good as an objective top rating for me - and the volume of reviews seems to be higher on Yelp as well. I find Google ratings are inflated as well. I’ve commonly seen restaurants that is 3 stars on Yelp have 4.5 stars on Google. A 4.5 Yelp restaurant (in SF) at least almost always means there is a line or a reservation. 4.5 stars on Google almost always means “they won’t poison you here”
- skilled 8y ago
  I agree with this analogy. Mostly because I will give a place 5-star review if it's half decent and affordable. On Google Reviews that is.
gumby 8y ago
There must be some weird Yelp-fu to which I am not privy. I have never found Yelp to be useful in the slightest. Yet my gf is able to look in Yelp and find great places to eat or find something we need. I honestly haven't the faintest idea how she acquired this superpower.
- slow_donkey 8y ago
  I don't pick the first place I see off Yelp, it's more of a filter for bad restaurants and then check remaining menus. I've found the actual written reviews to not be very useful unless I'm looking for authenticity (Chinese vs American Chinese)
- lgats 8y ago
  girlfriends know yelp.
reaperducer 8y ago
I thought Yelp was basically dead? I essentially only use Google reviews. I don't trust Yelp. But I trust Google even less. Yes, maybe the Google Reviews people are siloed from all the bad things happening elsewhere in the company. But as far as I am concerned, anything with Big G's logo on it is automatically suspect. /Moving my e-mail and documents off of Google as I write this

Last I checked Yelp is used by Apple on their maps in the US (and perhaps elsewhere). As for Google reviews - they always appear inflated whenever I cross check them, so you're always eating somewhere good. Same thing for facebook reviews.

nemothekid 8y ago

I’m someone who prefers Yelp to Google Reviews. 4, 4.5 and 5 star yelp rating is as good as an objective top rating for me - and the volume of reviews seems to be higher on Yelp as well. I find Google ratings are inflated as well. I’ve commonly seen restaurants that is 3 stars on Yelp have 4.5 stars on Google. A 4.5 Yelp restaurant (in SF) at least almost always means there is a line or a reservation. 4.5 stars on Google almost always means “they won’t poison you here”

skilled 8y ago
I agree with this analogy. Mostly because I will give a place 5-star review if it's half decent and affordable. On Google Reviews that is.

gumby 8y ago

There must be some weird Yelp-fu to which I am not privy. I have never found Yelp to be useful in the slightest. Yet my gf is able to look in Yelp and find great places to eat or find something we need. I honestly haven't the faintest idea how she acquired this superpower.

slow_donkey 8y ago
I don't pick the first place I see off Yelp, it's more of a filter for bad restaurants and then check remaining menus. I've found the actual written reviews to not be very useful unless I'm looking for authenticity (Chinese vs American Chinese)
lgats 8y ago
girlfriends know yelp.

reaperducer 8y ago

I thought Yelp was basically dead? I essentially only use Google reviews. I don't trust Yelp. But I trust Google even less. Yes, maybe the Google Reviews people are siloed from all the bad things happening elsewhere in the company. But as far as I am concerned, anything with Big G's logo on it is automatically suspect. /Moving my e-mail and documents off of Google as I write this