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Zagat got Googled
- untog 15y agoThis is a very interesting buy. Obviously Google are looking to get something more than crowdsourced opinions on Google Places, etc.- I can't say I blame them. I wonder what this means for things like the Zagat book. I'm sure in the short term they'll continue, but the Google-y way would be to remove all the 'hard copy' stuff in time.
- zitterbewegung 15y agoIf they do decide to discontinue the Zagat book they could turn it into an eBook on google books possibly.
- tastynachos 15y agoZoogorola?
- jfruh 15y agoSo is this Google's plan to compete with Yelp?
- shoham 15y agoI imagine so. Also keep in mind that Google just lost a big court case that forced them to take reviews of restaurants, etc. off of their search results if they come from sites like Yelp.
- kin 15y agoI always figured they care more about the local deals than anything
- randomdrake 15y agoThis was my first reaction as well. With talks of Yelp looking for an IPO this year, the timing doesn't seem like it's just coincidence.
- alttag 15y agoGoogle's perspective also made it to the HN front page: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974271 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974271 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-just-got-zagat-rated.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-just-got-zagat...