Comments on: Yelp Fights Back Against Foursquare, Gowalla

By: Google Places iPhone App Now Available: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Google Places iPhone App Now Available: Apple News, Tips and Reviews « — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:31:11 +0000

[...] Places with Hotpot is now available as a free download from the iOS App Store. The Yelp competitor from the search giant provides location-based recommendations for restaurants, bars, [...]

By: Foursquare’s Crowdsourced Travel Guide — the Future of User Reviews?

Foursquare’s Crowdsourced Travel Guide — the Future of User Reviews? — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:21:44 +0000

[...] as Michelin or Zagat, but also digital review-based services such as Yelp. Although the latter has added Foursquare-style check-ins in an attempt to keep pace with the location-based service, Om has noted before how the combination [...]

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By: The One Big Thing: Follow The Data | e-Strategy Internet Marketing Blog

The One Big Thing: Follow The Data | e-Strategy Internet Marketing Blog — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:32:14 +0000

[...] With Yelp and Twitter recently adding location-based check-in features, it’s clear the trend is that consumers are getting information about the places they’re going to while they’re getting there, and sometimes then declaring themselves there when they’re there. [...]

By: Foursquare Teams With Zagat to Make Yelp Squeal – GigaOM

Foursquare Teams With Zagat to Make Yelp Squeal – GigaOM — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:35:17 +0000

[...] agreement is a counter-punch at Yelp, which last month continued to take its offering to mobile by launching check-ins for iPhone users. (The friend-finding app Loopt has joined the bandagon, too, adding local reviews [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:01:52 +0000

i think Yelp should focus more on their site before trying to compete in app space. the site's functionality and search is average at best and has a long way to go...

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GoWalla Close to Pass 100,000 Users. – GigaOM — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:00:42 +0000

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By: Sylvain Carle

Sylvain Carle — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:28:20 +0000

Chekins will become a commodity quite fast, if you already have a location+social platform, adding checkins is an easy fix. Just wait for this feature on Facebook...

I completely agree with @MarkJaquith that interop is the current question that needs to be addressed/solved. The Geo-Loco event will be a good place to discuss just that...

The hardest part to solve (imho) is privacy and distributed permissions on checkins data, this hasn't quite been solved yet for other types of data (in an open and distributed manner, facebook connect comes close).

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:26:56 +0000

The world needs one proprietary, non-interoperable check-in system. It could very well stand to have multiple interoperable systems.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:23:49 +0000

No check-in app for Android, and no badges or mayorship at all = FAIL