I think using Mapquest and Yelp as examples harms your argument. Mapquest and google maps are fundamentally different products. Google maps is a geo database t

I think using Mapquest and Yelp as examples harms your argument. Mapquest and google maps are fundamentally different products. Google maps is a geo database that happens to also give good driving directions. Mapquest just gave people directions. A better example would be google's Waze acquisition, but even that one is not very comparable. Yelp is basically a protection racket whose sole purpose is to squeeze money from small single location restaurants. They actively harm their customers by promoting reviews based on whether or not you pay them. They are a modern day BBB