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Google bought Zagat 5 years ago in a bid to take on Yelp, but so far the latter remains more popular. But now Google iss relaunching a core aspect of the food guide in order to better fit modern standards of restaurant reviews. Basically Zagat’s iconic 30-point scoring system is dead. The reason, as you can expect, is that it was apparently too complicated, especially when nearly every other service uses a five-point system. Some people will definitely find the change vexing, as the beauty of Zagat’s system is that you can easily differentiate between various factors depending on how much each…

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