Google Places grabs reviews from sites like Citysearch, Opentable, and Zagat, and it always links back to the original sources. Unless, of course, the review is from Yelp, in which case they appear on the app without any attribution whatsoever. It's pretty sneaky, but Yelp reviews are already questionable at best. [TechCrunch]
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