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The Week In Yelp: The American Splendor of Yelpers
From the people who brought you The Week in Craig, one of the all time great uses of the internet, comes The Week in Yelp, wherein Amy Blair takes aim at the ridiculousness that is the world of Yelp. Her intrepid Yelp-surfing, and words, follow:
The best part about Independence Day is an opportunity for pure, unbridled patriotism in all its glorious forms. I said to my boyfriend last night, "I'm thinking of wearing this red and white striped t-shirt with a pair of blue shorts on the 4th of July. Do you think that's a good idea?" To which he responded "I think that's an excellent idea!" An excellent idea, indeed, sonny boy. I truly love the 4th -- Barbeques, fireworks, drinking too much Drambuie and getting in a fistfight with your brother. Good times! So you can imagine my delight upon finding these Yelp review of none other than…America!
SF-based blog Hyperlocal 101 has come up with some ideas that will keep Yelp viable in the future, the most important of which is the following: "Imagine if Yelp decided to create a weekly PRINT restaurant / business review guide....It would simply be the best read in town! Why? 1. It’s Real 2. It’s Funny 3. It’s Engaging." [Hyperlocal 101 via Eater SF]
The Week in Yelp: The Train Wreck Called Bachelorette Parties
From the people who brought you The Week in Craig, one of the all time great uses of the internet, comes The Week in Yelp, wherein Amy Blair takes aim at the ridiculousness that is the world of Yelp. Her intrepid Yelp-surfing, and words, follow:
What's more tragic than a group of grown-ass women out in public wearing veils, plastic penis necklaces and "Suck for a buck" t-shirts while pounding lemon drop shots at some hideous club? Especially when you consider the fact that their husbands and boyfriends are at the bachelor party down the street getting hummers from hookers. Really, it just breaks my heart.
Well, at least this chick had fun at her FIRST time bachelorette party at Karma (wait, not just fun – crazily FUN!). So simple, yet…so very happy. Kinda like a puppy! A drunken Korean puppy…
all my friends know, I HATE smoking with passion..All kinds of "crazily" bachelorette debauchery and heartbreak, right this way >>
I know.. I am a drunken Korean girl.. BUT smoking is not my fetish at all..
few weeks ago, I went Karma for a CRAZY bachelorette party..
I am telling you.. it was my FIRST time bachelorette party ever..
after swiping the ID through the bouncer's card reader, I couldn't see and breath inside.. the place was full of smoking cloud and smell.. but as I told u, it was my FIRST time bachelorette party.. and I was strangely curious about it...
In an effort to become more friendly to the businesses it glorifies/bashes Yelp has released a new set of tools allowing businesses to participate (kinda) in the online festivities in the following ways: "Message customers who have reviewed their business, see how many prospective customers viewed their business page, update business information instantly...[and] receive new review email alerts." We're not quite sure that this new system allows businesses to "fight back" since most of these are common sense moves, but hey, small victories? [TechCrunch via Eater SF]
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