Five Minute Monitoring: for Restaurants

If you're a restaurant, a wealth of online sites are available to help you find out what people are saying about your eatery (and your competition!). Here are several you should check out: - Zagat rates restaurants all over the world. Go to the site and enter your city (or even your street address) to find reviews. Even my own little town of Eugene, Oregon had listings for several restaurants with user reviews. Be sure to check the date to make sure you're getting recent scoop. - Where the Locals Eat is a site geared to help people visiting a city find good places where, um, the locals eat. No listings for Eugene (in fact, according to this site, the letter E doesn't exist) but almost 100 restaurants listed for Indianapolis, Indiana. -Let's Eat At is a bit different. This site allows restaurants to create pages and pull in existing reviews. Probably best for looking at competition. - Urban Spoon features rev iews from critics and diners. Lots and lots of reviews....probably the richest source we've found. Any that we've missed? Let us know!

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