Yelp vs Google

[Chris Romanow]

Hearing alot about Yelp on a recent IATN Poll,

We only had one new customer come in from Yelp this year, seems low to me.

 

Does Yelp work for you,?

[CARMandP]

Doesn't work for me but it doesn't hurt to make sure that your information is up to date and accurate on both sites.

[Brianp]

Hard to say for sure unless you ask were the people are coming from but as stated by someone else that two is better then one.

[Joe Marconi]

Real hard to say. I do know that the youger generation pays a lot of attention to online sources, but I am not sure about the effectiveness. I think time will tell. I do think that we all need to have a prescence on the web and be careful and monitor the reviews from the public. This is just another fact of how we conduct business today.

[Alex]

Last year I helped a shop owner research a negative review on Yelp.

 

Yesterday I heard on the radio, a man who moved to NYC used Yelp all day long to find businesses and places to eat.

 

Seems to me that Yelp reviews is growing....along with Foursquare.

 

Reviews are everywhere, Yelp, Google, etc...it's getting more an more important to watch yours.

[Bossman]

Don't do reviews too much but there is one thing I do get kick out of. The people that give poor reviews, if you look at their history, they give almost everybody poor reviews. Some people are never happy.

[Joe Marconi]

Don't do reviews too much but there is one thing I do get kick out of. The people that give poor reviews, if you look at their history, they give almost everybody poor reviews. Some people are never happy.

 

You have a good point. And as time goes on, reviews will become less and less credible. Anyone can make a review, even if you have never been a customer to a particular business. To make a review on Tire Rack, you need to log in with your invoice, this filters out non-customers.

[CARMandP]

I had someone do that to me on google. Reviewed me negative and had never even been here. I noticed this summer though google makes you log into your google + account before you can review so it puts your name up there. Keeps people from anonimously placing reviews.

[Dsl_truck_tech]

Google has worked great for me. I am about 15 miles from an Interstate so when someone with a diesel truck breaks down and they search for diesel or truck repair on google search and I pop up first. Have one or two a month towed in. Can't beat that for free advertising. Thank you Google!