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Designing Yelp or Nearby Friends

Let's design a Yelp like service, where users can search for nearby places like restaurants, theaters, or shopping malls, etc., and can also add/view reviews of places. Similar Services: Proximity server. Difficulty Level: Hard

1. Why Yelp or Proximity Server?

Proximity servers are used to discover nearby attractions like places, events, etc. If you haven’t used yelp.com before, please try it before proceeding (you can search for nearby restaurants, theaters, etc.) and spend some time understanding different options that the website offers. This will help you a lot in understanding this chapter better.

2. Requirements and Goals of the System

What do we wish to achieve from a Yelp like service? Our service will be storing information about different places so that users can perform a search on them

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