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Cleaning up the restaurant list
Mar. 18th, 2010 10:58 amBoston.com can use our help cleaning up their restaurant list.
I was looking for a Chinese restaurant in Cambridge yesterday...I couldn't remember the name. So I checked the listings on Boston.com and found that nearly half the places they list are no longer in business. I wrote to tell them, to check that my way was the right way to let them know, and that they would actually update the listings. They replied with
"Thank you for the information. By all means, do let us know if
you come across a restaurant or establishment that is no longer
in business. We try to maintain our site to reflect accurate
information, but, often times restaurants do not notify us when
they have closed. We will update our listings for the three
restaurants you have forwarded after we confirm that they have
indeed closed.
Are you affiliated with any of these places?
Thanks for your help, and for using Boston.com.
Regards,"
I checked several other listings, and noticed that the pattern was the same...many places that are closed, sometimes listing three places at the same address that has turned over in the past 5 years or so.
So if you have a few minutes, follow these clicks, check out the listings and let Boston.com know if you see places that are no more, especially if you are familiar with areas beyond Cambridge/Somerville.
1) http://boston.com
2) Things To Do (on the right center of the banner at the top)
3) Restaurants (on the left under banner) then
4) Pick a sort that makes sense to you (on the left) such as cuisine or city, or one then the other
5) If you see several that you know are closed, go to the lower left, click on "Contact us" and write them an email. That button pulls in the URL you were viewing so they can easily track back.
If you only see one, or want to go right to one you know is closed, there's a link in the lower right of each specific listing that says "report an error with this listing" and it takes you to the same email form.
If you want to reply here so we don't duplicate efforts, that'd be great, but not essential.
Thanks for helping make these listings more accurate and useful.
I was looking for a Chinese restaurant in Cambridge yesterday...I couldn't remember the name. So I checked the listings on Boston.com and found that nearly half the places they list are no longer in business. I wrote to tell them, to check that my way was the right way to let them know, and that they would actually update the listings. They replied with
"Thank you for the information. By all means, do let us know if
you come across a restaurant or establishment that is no longer
in business. We try to maintain our site to reflect accurate
information, but, often times restaurants do not notify us when
they have closed. We will update our listings for the three
restaurants you have forwarded after we confirm that they have
indeed closed.
Are you affiliated with any of these places?
Thanks for your help, and for using Boston.com.
Regards,"
I checked several other listings, and noticed that the pattern was the same...many places that are closed, sometimes listing three places at the same address that has turned over in the past 5 years or so.
So if you have a few minutes, follow these clicks, check out the listings and let Boston.com know if you see places that are no more, especially if you are familiar with areas beyond Cambridge/Somerville.
1) http://boston.com
2) Things To Do (on the right center of the banner at the top)
3) Restaurants (on the left under banner) then
4) Pick a sort that makes sense to you (on the left) such as cuisine or city, or one then the other
5) If you see several that you know are closed, go to the lower left, click on "Contact us" and write them an email. That button pulls in the URL you were viewing so they can easily track back.
If you only see one, or want to go right to one you know is closed, there's a link in the lower right of each specific listing that says "report an error with this listing" and it takes you to the same email form.
If you want to reply here so we don't duplicate efforts, that'd be great, but not essential.
Thanks for helping make these listings more accurate and useful.
