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by DontBeADick 4289 days ago
Gave it a try on a chain of sporting goods store with several locations in my area.

Google: Correct hours

Yelp: Correct hours

Localmint: No stores found

Looks like you've got a long road ahead if you want any chance of making this work. I personally don't see any need for such a website since Yelp and Google have pretty much got it covered.

2 comments

Competing with Google's built-in search results with a separate application is highly challenging and I wouldn't recommend it unless you can add tremendous value and even then I think it is a tough sell for the large majority of users.
Also, Yelp has this pretty much cornered. (4sq as well maybe?)
Hi DontBeADick, We have most of the data for top retail stores in US, But we are adding more stores to our site every week.

But here is Dick's Sporting Goods http://www.localmint.com/us/search?q=sporting+goods&l=san+fr...

Thanks for feedback.