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Yelp Continues to Break Up with Google

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Not sure if this has hit the media yet, but I just noticed that the map in Yelp is now powered by Bing. It appears it’s not 100% rolled out yet, as different cities give you different engines.

First, fighting words over Hotpot and Content Syndication, now, break ups and going separate ways… next, maybe Google will buy Yelp’s affection back and offer to buy Yelp again.

So, to be clear… companies that fell out of love with Google:

1)      Yelp

2)      Apple

3)      Most television networks

4)      JCPenny

But hey, if no one hates you, you’re not doing it right, right? Right?

That, and I’m pretty sure Google’s little black book ain’t so little these days.

Bing Local Maps & Foursquare

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

It’s been a few weeks since Microsoft announced that Bing would start integrating Foursquare into Bing Maps. Avid Foursquare users know that sharing and consuming location-based data with your friends can be a helpful, if not fun, way to explore cities. When Microsoft announced the new integration, we immediately wondered if this meant that users would be more apt to use Bing Maps and if there was an advertising opportunity for local businesses. The Razorfish search team weighed in and the response is pretty split as to whether this integration will prove beneficial to Microsoft and local businesses (although more are optimistic).

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