On a related note, Google announced that Maps users will now be able to rate businesses on a scale of one to five stars, as opposed to the Zagat 30-point scale. Though Google noted Zagat reviews will still be available throughout Google.
Remember when Google+ pulled their existing local listings and paired them with Zagat reviews, in order to share social endorsements, maps and business info with people on the go, giving them an edge for local search?
While some were happy to have access to the free Zagat reviews in the SERPs, others were distressed at the amount of outdated content that surfaced due to the integration: Zagat Ratings in the SERPs Google added reviews for many local queries from...
Reviews are scored on a 30-point Zagat scale, which is derived by averaging individual user ratings, based on a 3-point scale and multiplying by 10. When a potential customer performs a search on either the Google universal search or Google+ Local...
Last year, Google acquired Zagat and earlier this summer, integrated Zagat reviews with the merged Google+ Pages/Places. Google reportedly plans to combine Frommer’s with their Zagat reviews. The Frommer’s team and the quality and scope of their...
Google+ is central to this new project’s success, which makes sense given the recent Places/Pages overhaul that saw Zagat’s reviews incorporated into the business Pages mix. Just a few days ago, we reported that Google Places had been swallowed up...
One notable addition: Zagat’s reviews are incorporated, taking the place of Google’s five-star rating system. Google purchased Zagat’s last year and working the review system into Google+ Local has taken down the paywall, making the service free...
This would also be an extremely logical place to integrate Zagat, which Google acquired in September for $151 million. Google plans to release Heads Up Display (HUD) glasses powered by Android by year’s end.
Zagat The technology will be used to identify the use of copyrighted music and make appropriate payments to the rights holders. What RightsFlow Offers If you haven't listened to music on YouTube yet, you're not really a 21st-century person; it's a...
When the reviews from Zagat's - the recent acquisition by Google - will be rolled into the Maps is another question people will be waiting to see answered. Google has added highlighting for businesses in Google Maps that ties recommendations made...
Zagat Google has just acquired startup Katango, makers of a Facebook friends list generating iPhone app released this July. Shortly after its debut, however, Katango’s autogenerator faced serious competition from Facebook itself, as it rolled out...
Zagat Sounds huge, doesn’t it? It is. Apture founders Tristan Harris and Can Sar, along with their employees, will join the Google Chrome team, according to an announcement on the Apture.com homepage:
Zagat The exact details of the deal were not disclosed, but TechCrunch notes this is more of a talent acquisition by Google. SocialGrapple started a year ago by Y Combinator alum Andrey Petrov. It gives you visual insights, email reports, and many...
Other noteworthy buys include Zagat and BeatThatQuote.com (which Google was forced to penalize for using doorway pages). The search engine that became synonymous with search and the “don’t be evil” motto has now been part of the Internet experience...
Zagat This is the third acquisition within a two-month span aimed at strengthening Google’s own daily deals offering, Google Offers. What began as a two-person startup less than two years ago has transformed into a trusted platform to connect...
With continued acquisitions of vertical search providers like Google’s acquisition of ITA for travel search or Zagat for restaurant reviews, the core search engines appear focused on this type of searcher intent and I would expect their results...
Google has bought Zagat, an innovator of user-generated restaurant surveys. Google promises that Zagat ratings and reviews, which are currently behind a paywall, will become a “cornerstone” of Google’s local offering.
In addition to checking Yelp, Citysearch, Google, and Yahoo, look at industry-specific sites: urbanspoon.com, Zagat.com, and dine.com for restaurants; Angie's List for home services, and so forth. For example, 55 percent of U.S.consumers trust a...
This is going to be tied in with Zagat ratings. The Yahoo blog announced a number of new local features it will be rolling out in the near future. A Sketch-A-Search app that allows you to draw a circle around an area on their maps and get...
Zagat rated restaurants) Google is now incorporating rich data into it's local search results. The upshot of this is that local directories can, on say a restaurant listing, now include the number of reviews and price range of the establishment and...
