Comments on: Yelp’s European Counterpart Qype Continues Global Expansion

By: Yelp’s European Counterpart Qype Continues Global Expansion « Yelp

Yelp’s European Counterpart Qype Continues Global Expansion « Yelp — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:46:17 +0000

[...] that is sometimes associated with this trend is Qype, a Yelp-like site for reviews that has established a strong presence throughout Europe. CEO Stephan Uhrenbacher says that he wasn’t aware of Yelp’s existence when he launched Qype, [...]

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[...] Yelp’s European Counterpart Qype Continues Global Expansion [...]

By: David Tysek

David Tysek — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:03:50 +0000

I think Qype has a great site for reviews but the other piece is getting advertisers and SMB’s to embrace the medium. Firms like ReachLocal UK http://www.reachlocal.co.uk are also on fire in Europe and word is that Qype and RL are in active discussions on a European partnership…..

By: Niedługo polska wersja Qype - europejskiego lidera recenzji lokalnych | ChromeWeb.pl

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:53:36 +0000

[...] polska wersja Qype – europejskiego lidera recenzji lokalnych By adminAdd commentsWWW TechCrunch pisał wczoraj o ekspansji Qype na kolejne kraje poza Niemcami: Wielką Brytanię, Francję i Hiszpanię. [...]

By: Nick Taimitarha

Nick Taimitarha — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:59:28 +0000

You forgot to include http://www.thebestof.co.uk in your list of major players. The site gets 1.5 million visitors a month, is run by a team of 300 franchisees based in each local area and features 60,000 businesses, along with details of local events.

By: Cem

Cem — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:24:20 +0000

Daimler Benz invented the automobile. Does this mean that cars produced in Detroit are clones and GM is a copycat? Although Qype and Yelp are portals for reviews, they are very different in their philosophy and features.

By: Qype continues to grow, rapidly | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:43:39 +0000

[...] termed as Yelp’s German clone (which may be a bit too harsh to dent its success), Qype continues to grow rapidly, contrary to what many would have expected. The site after having itself root itself deeper into [...]

By: Yelpar

Yelpar — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:29:34 +0000

Qype may already be getting many mkore hits than yelp. Out of those millions of hits yelp gets, much of it is to their talk threads.

By: Ole

Ole — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:07:26 +0000

So if a US based company rips of another US based company’s business model it’s ok but if a non-US company does it’s not ok? I don’t see the connection between nationality and business models. I use Yelp and Qype. I must be insane.

By: PJebsen

PJebsen — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:21:23 +0000

@Jason Kincaid, re: “But while Qype is multilingual, it treats each localized version as its own site – you’ll never run across a review in French if you’ve specified your preferred language as English.”

I think Qype is missing a chance here. The site would be even better if it offered Pan-European discussion groups for international exchange.

By: Nellboy

Nellboy — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:35:40 +0000

Everyone ragging on the Germans for ripping sites off… But the problem is that many Americans are so USA-centric, that they don’t consider that little features like language support (for example) are essential…

By: Niedługo polska wersja Qype - europejskiego lidera recenzji lokalnych - Webstop.pl

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:16:29 +0000

[...] pisał wczoraj o ekspansji Qype na kolejne kraje poza Niemcami: Wielką Brytanię, Francję i Hiszpanię. [...]

By: Webcloudworld

Webcloudworld — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:52:16 +0000

“on its way to becoming the dominant local review site in a number of countries, including England, France, and Germany”

A quick comparison with Cityvox, French biggest player, shows there is still a long way ! :

http://trends.g...=all&sort=0

By: Sokratis

Sokratis — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:31:10 +0000

@jason Good post and well deserved for Qype, which is very far from being a Yelp clone.
Thanks for updating the post to include TrustedPlaces. The link is broken though.

By: yohannes

yohannes — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:49:26 +0000

…at least we invented the car.

oh, and who copied that one?

oops.

By: Envy

Envy — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:46:34 +0000

who cares? german copy cat, twitter has many clones, youtube has many clones, myspace has many clones… thats what happens when someone sees someone else make money, they say “I can do that”…. GREAT NEW

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:22:19 +0000

Great to hear that there are services coming out of Germany that are doing well – whether it’s a rip off or not, I don’t know since I don’t have any background info on it. Nonetheless German startups tend to quickly stick their heads into the sand when the going gets tough and they also struggle to find funding even at the best of times. So great job on tackling something this big with such success.

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inspiron 6000 battery — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:26:57 +0000

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By: Mueller

Mueller — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:32:39 +0000

“You just have to be faster and more original than the copycats”????
What kind of German bullshit is this???
Total lack of originality and talent, laziness motivated by the widespread European anti-American attitude. Shame on you all!

By: pedalpete

pedalpete — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:16:31 +0000

somewhat off topic, but I thought the uniques number was outrageous, so thought I’d check it out, but compete and quantcast focus on the US, and google trends doesn’t have actual numbers (just a graph, which really isn’t that useful).

Anybody know of a european visitor stats site?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:54:30 +0000

Exactly. This is like saying it’s immoral for Ford to make a change to a car if it’s become popular in Japanese cars — unless it’s patented or otherwise legally protected you have an obligation as a self-interested company to incorporate those features that have proven successful for your competition.

By: Bjoern Wilmsmann

Bjoern Wilmsmann — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:35:33 +0000

Well, you better live with that. I am not saying that is right but this kind of thing is happening in most industries everywhere. It happens in Silicon Valley just as it happens in Berlin or London. You just have to be faster and more original than the copycats.

By: huh

huh — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:29:00 +0000

Please don’t provoke the Germans.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:22:45 +0000

>>There simply aren’t too many innovative ways of tackling local reviews, so why not go for a proven model?

Oh, bullshit.

There’s a difference between what you’re talking about and watching some German hack job copy you, feature for feature, day after day, month after month… You do the design work, the A/B testing, the user research… they just sit back and fast follow you on a 3-month delay. It’s very very blatant sometimes. I’ve even seen a German copycat get caught lifting code. This is what these douchebags do. I don’t know if Qype was conceived as a copycat to Yelp but it looks like they’ve learned the game good and quick.

By: Jason Kincaid

Jason Kincaid — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:05:46 +0000

Yep, sorry about that. Fixed it.