Lou MC Yelps a Lot

Do you have issues with GPS location of a biz? I have an example of this dilemma. I stayed in Hyatt Regency Houston last June. Google Map said I was at the correct address on WiFi. But when I asked for direction to my destination, it told me my current location was 2 miles away in Buffalo Bayou. Not sure if the satellite signal was weak in this crowded downtown buildings. GPS discrepancy  I have confirmed with a technical person at Yelp. It uses Google Map to support the map portion. If Google Map says go right, Yelp app will tell you to go right.

Really? I want some Poké. The raw fish kine from Hawai'i, right? Please tell me this is real. After I checked in at Church's Chicken, I saw this question on local knowledge. I busted out laughing. Few days ago, I clicked on a Google Map link just out of my curiosity on this Pokémon Talk thread . Look, my map is filled with weird stuff every time I search on Google. This is absurd.  Give me a moment. I don't know what to say. I need to regain my composure first.

I downloaded Waze app as recommended by many people. I liked it on the first day. But I gradually hated it. I will only use it when I have to. You can post a warning, check in, get gas info, be warned, and etc. One day I was driving on Beltway. There was a car won't leave me alone. He drove on the right at the same speed as I was. Then, I looked at my Waze app. Ooooh. That's another Wazer stalking me. I quickly turned it off and sped away. Adding a biz page takes forever. The app won't let me save photo I took locally. There are very few local biz on Waze. They depended on Wazers to help them add biz. This is worse then Foursquare. I tried to add biz like I do with Yelp. But it's very time consuming. There is no computer version. When I made a suggestion for biz update, it says "300 feet is good enough" or "it's probably your app." My biggest complaint is the distractions - ads and too many icons. Whenever there is something happe...

I have been searching for a perfect combination of "send to car" convenience on a GPS - linking business location search to GPS. I learned about this during car shopping last year. I saw few car manufacturers had Google's Send to Car feature. But the cost of on-board GPS does not justify the feature. My recent GPS purchase from best buy and a phone upgrade got me interested to revisit this again. So I experimented with several ways to copy an address to GPS. This is only possible with Android. Here is how: On Yelp app, click on direction or the map.  Tap on MORE icon (...) and select on Garmin Smartphone Link app to complete the action.  When the location is shown, tap on NEXT icon (>) and select SAVE. turn on Bluetooth on both devices and begin to synchronize. On Garmin GPS, tap on Where to and select Saved. Voila! You're ready to take off. Garmin nüvi 2597LMT Portable GPS works well with Yelp If you hear me saying, "I bookmarked it on my...

Orange is my trademark In 2014, I spent exorbitant amount of time on Yelp. The challenge was to write 100 reviews, but I was beyond that point by Summer. I had total of 157 reviews (started at #96 and ended at #253). I was not just writing reviews, I was focused on biz pages accuracy and provided value by adding/updating their pages. Because Google, Yahoo Local and Mapquest used Yelp biz listing and reviews on their result pages. I like the fluency on Yelp. Unlike Google Local and Google Marker, I can't simply send them updates with my local expertise ability to convince them of changes. I couldn't even delete a photo from Foursquare. I was very unhappy with their inconsistency on web and app platforms. I deleted the app from my phone. Here is a list of biz pages I added and Yelper followed in 2014: Legend: # NR = Not reviewed | ^ Hot = Highly appraised Hot NR Name Locality Notes ^ 7-Eleven   Sugar Land update...