Talk:Yelp, Inc.

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Under site features, I expanded the paragraph to include different modes of searching and browsing Yelp content. I also wanted to clarify "star ratings" and explain business-specific dossiers. I also added a section called "Demographics" to offer people an idea of one tracking firm's take on who visits Yelp. JonathanGCohen 16:02, 23 January 2008 (EST)

Perhaps this isn't the best location for this (feel free to remove if this is the case), but I'm looking for a Yelp alternative for Canadian cities. Any suggestions? Onishenko 03:22, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Avoiding spam, lists, and extraneous links

Please don't post links from the Wikipedia article about one company directly to the home page of another company. If you think it's useful to an understanding of Yelp to discuss how it compares or differs from other notable sites, you should add a "similar services" section and present a fair, balanced analysis of that. The links should be to the Wikipedia entries for other sites, not to the sites themselves. If you want to discuss web 2.0 and user review sites generally, go to the articles on those web trends. Wikipedia is not a business directory so it's a fruitless effort to try to list them all, but sometimes those articles do list examples. Finally, if there is another site that is your famous or is otherwise of interest, why not go to (or create) an article about that site and talk about it there?

For sure, don't use the Yelp article as a place to try to generate web traffic for a different site. Whether you're the site owner or just a fan that's Wikipedia:Spam. Thanks. Wikidemo 04:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Placed {{unencyclopedic}} on one section. Hydrogen Iodide 01:55, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. To understand a web 2.0 company and product, and see how it fits in with other companies, it is useful to know what features it includes. A list format is adequate for that. Stringing the feature list together with descriptive prose would not add anything. Just give us the facts! Wikidemo 05:26, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia, however, is an encyclopedia, not a usability comparison for Web 2.0 products or companies. This is coming rather close to advertising, and does not appear to be covered in reliable sources. >Radiant< 09:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)