Comments on: OurFaves: Word of Mouth Meets City Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/ Startup and Technology News Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:43:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1413784 Jo Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:33:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1413784 I love Toronto and the GTA. There is so much to offer every age group and interest. Our Faves looks like an attractive site. It will be interesting to see whether it produces 'reliable faves'. I love Toronto and the GTA. There is so much to offer every age group and interest. Our Faves looks like an attractive site. It will be interesting to see whether it produces ‘reliable faves’.

]]> By: Eric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1394101 Eric Thu, 24 May 2007 18:36:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1394101 Ourfaves isn't trying to hide the fact that its associated with Toronto.com...on almost every page for locations it has a link to toronto.com. The challenge with Yelp is that they do a few cities very well and others not so well. In the end its all about dedicated and passionate users if a site doesn't have that then they dont have anything...ahmedf should know his site has dedicated users and thats why its useful. Ourfaves isn’t trying to hide the fact that its associated with Toronto.com…on almost every page for locations it has a link to toronto.com. The challenge with Yelp is that they do a few cities very well and others not so well. In the end its all about dedicated and passionate users if a site doesn’t have that then they dont have anything…ahmedf should know his site has dedicated users and thats why its useful.

]]> By: Sunday Startup Roundup - May 20 2007 | StartupNorth http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1386542 Sunday Startup Roundup - May 20 2007 | StartupNorth Mon, 21 May 2007 04:14:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1386542 [...] was also profiled on techcrunch. Ourfaves is sort of like a beefed up Pursudo and not quite Yelp. Google still seems to beat them [...] [...] was also profiled on techcrunch. Ourfaves is sort of like a beefed up Pursudo and not quite Yelp. Google still seems to beat them [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1380125 Ryan Wed, 16 May 2007 17:30:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1380125 ChickAdvisor.com is another site doing this in Toronto. I believe they plan to expand to other cities in the near future. ChickAdvisor.com is another site doing this in Toronto. I believe they plan to expand to other cities in the near future.

]]> By: Reggie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1378817 Reggie Wed, 16 May 2007 00:58:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1378817 they have to niche this. yelp and going aren't doing a good job. their userbase isn't nearly as active as the college students on collegetonight.com. that's all i hear about now... these event sites are stupid anyways. they have to niche this. yelp and going aren’t doing a good job. their userbase isn’t nearly as active as the college students on collegetonight.com. that’s all i hear about now… these event sites are stupid anyways.

]]> By: AhmedF http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1378020 AhmedF Tue, 15 May 2007 14:28:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1378020 Torstar is also behind Toronto.com Torstar is also behind Toronto.com

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1378016 David Tue, 15 May 2007 14:25:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1378016 Local search with user content? <a href="http://www.ibegin.com" rel="nofollow">iBegin.com</a> was doing that in Toronto over a year ago now. Local search with user content? iBegin.com was doing that in Toronto over a year ago now.

]]> By: Tim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1377873 Tim Tue, 15 May 2007 12:07:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1377873 This is a Torstar Digital initiative. For those who don't know, Torstar is one of the largest media companies in Canada and publisher of the Toronto Star. They're trying to keep this fact somewhat quiet for obvious reasons. This is a Torstar Digital initiative. For those who don’t know, Torstar is one of the largest media companies in Canada and publisher of the Toronto Star. They’re trying to keep this fact somewhat quiet for obvious reasons.

]]> By: Vijay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1377569 Vijay Tue, 15 May 2007 06:58:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1377569 The leader in this space is prolly going.com. They got 200k users in only three cities. Peep them here: http://mashable.com/2007/04/25/going/ The leader in this space is prolly going.com. They got 200k users in only three cities. Peep them here:
http://mashable.com/2007/04/25/going/

]]> By: Lior Haner http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1377564 Lior Haner Tue, 15 May 2007 06:52:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1377564 Its kinda like Israeli based <a href="http://ilcu.com" rel="nofollow">ILCU</a>, isn't it? Its kinda like Israeli based ILCU, isn’t it?

]]> By: tomthree http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1377541 tomthree Tue, 15 May 2007 06:30:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1377541 go T.O. go T.O.

]]> By: Jon G. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1377472 Jon G. Tue, 15 May 2007 05:25:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1377472 Cmon, TJ. Yelp has not already wrapped up this space. Believe it or not, most people haven't heard of Yelp yet. And even though I have and I think it's pretty good, I think there's room for improvement over Yelp. While it definitely has a lot of benefits, Yelp is a closed system that hasn't embraced the open Web. Many of their users are self-indulgent writers, churning out empty review after empty review, trying to be cool and social. Their community in the Bay Area is much more active than those in the other cities. Before Yelp, hadn't Citysearch wrapped up this space? Before Excel, hadn't Lotus 1-2-3 wrapped up the spreadsheet space? There's always room for innovation and competition. Cmon, TJ. Yelp has not already wrapped up this space. Believe it or not, most people haven’t heard of Yelp yet. And even though I have and I think it’s pretty good, I think there’s room for improvement over Yelp. While it definitely has a lot of benefits, Yelp is a closed system that hasn’t embraced the open Web. Many of their users are self-indulgent writers, churning out empty review after empty review, trying to be cool and social. Their community in the Bay Area is much more active than those in the other cities.

Before Yelp, hadn’t Citysearch wrapped up this space? Before Excel, hadn’t Lotus 1-2-3 wrapped up the spreadsheet space?

There’s always room for innovation and competition.

]]> By: TJ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1377371 TJ Tue, 15 May 2007 04:16:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/14/ourfaves-word-of-mouth-meets-city-search/#comment-1377371 Umm, isn't this Yelp in a slightly different format? Hasn't Yelp already wrapped up this space? Umm, isn’t this Yelp in a slightly different format? Hasn’t Yelp already wrapped up this space?

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