Friday, April 25, 2008

Tap the Wisdom of Crowds to Discover Restaurants

Asking a handful of people – friends, family, colleagues for restaurant recommendations? Get on for more. With the web full of user generated content, dig into the wisdom of crowds from local restaurant reviews to blogs, newspaper columns and other social networking sites. Certainly you haven’t tried it all when it comes to restaurant menus; trust you online friends and peers in making your next dining decision.

When people visit new or familiar restaurants and are extremely impressed with the food, service and ambiance; they want to talk about it. They write on blogs and review sites to share it with netizens. Also, if something’s really disappointing, they write about that too. These users’ comments are valued most by netizens. This collection of professional & individual user reviews aggregates to be the community opinion, i.e., the wisdom of crowds.

Searches are getting simpler for diners & foodies as they can find out what others are saying about a restaurant before they choose to eat there. With the web full of restaurant recommendations and reviews based on the diner’s experience – hunting for restaurant reviews has surely become the first step while choosing a restaurant. Restaurant search engines have an algorithm that captures this wisdom of crowds to bring it back to the users.

With myriad restaurants and cuisines to choose from, one can rely on the wisdom of crowds aggregated by search engines to find local restaurants that serve great food with excellent service in a perfect ambiance.


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