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Ian MacBean  
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 More options May 24 2012, 11:24 am
From: Ian MacBean <i...@yelp.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 08:24:54 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, May 24 2012 11:24 am
Subject: Re: Huge differences for Search API vs. Website
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Hi Peter - at present there's no plan for such changes; the reasons
behind these limitations are a combination of our responsibilities to
our partners and our own business interests.

Ian

On May 23, 12:01 pm, Peter <tableyourt...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ian,

> thanks a lot for your answer!
> Is it planned to introduce a parameter to include all businesses?
> Or the 'no-spammy' businesses which are at least 4 weeks included in your
> database?

> Or what is the reason behind this limitation?

> Kind Regards,
> Peter.

> On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:07:21 PM UTC+2, Ian MacBean wrote:

> > Hi Peter - the reason behind the discrepancies is that the API only
> > returns businesses that have been reviewed. It's nothing wrong in your
> > code, it's a designed limitation in the API.

> > Ian MacBean
> > Yelp Partner Relations

> > On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:01:37 AM UTC-7, Peter wrote:

> >> Hi there,

> >> a lot less results for the Search API are returned when comparing with
> >> the website.

> >> E.g.
> >> (2210)http://api.yelp.com/v2/search?term=restaurant&location=berlin

> >> (4314)http://www.yelp.de/search?find_desc=restaurant&find_loc=berlin

> >> Even worse for the following query I get only 4 bussiness and then there
> >> are several dozen kilometers away (Leipzig):
> >>http://api.yelp.com/v2/search?term=pizza&location=chemnitz

> >> but the website returns 20 wunderful results from Chemnitz:
> >>http://www.yelp.de/search?find_desc=pizza&find_loc=chemnitz

> >> What I'm doing wrong?

> >> Regards,
> >> Peter.


 
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