Its stock pummeled after reporting disappointing profit numbers, its reputation for the truth under attack, the travel review site TripAdvisor Inc. has had a tough first two months as a public company.
And now Google is ramping up the competition.
Fifty million people a month visit Newton-based TripAdvisor to discover which hotel is "disgustingly filthy," as one user called a Cape Cod motor court, or "impeccable," a compliment for a historic Boston inn.
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