Google Launches Mobile Local Search: More Bad News for Yelp

Courtesy Mashable!  Wed, 09/30/2009 - 17:18

Last week, Google launched Place Pages , their attempt to become a top destination for finding info on local restaurants and businesses by aggregating reviews, details, photos, and maps and placing them on pages separate from a Google Map.

At the time, we considered it a potential rival to Yelp .

One of Yelp’s biggest advantages is its mobile presence, though. That advantage also isn’t safe from the Google hammer though.

Google’s just launched...


 

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