[devinc]

The whole thing about Urban Spoon is that they even admit they prioritize the chances a certain restaurant will come up. In other words, it is not random. In this way they can get restaurants who want a higher priority to bid for it, generating increased revenue. And everytime restaurant #1 bids for a higher priority, it moves every other restaurant down in priority, forcing them to pay more to keep up.

It's really a brilliant little marketing strategy if it works. But despite the fact that sometimes some people are indecisive, I can't imagine that there is a large need for this type of app...large enough to merit any real profit from it for them.

Like most iphone apps, it is a funky little piece of nothing that ultimately is meant to amuse more than to use.

Devin