> when Yelp and all the rest of the local businesses directories realized they were being scraped and the data was being used to google's advantage,
Not a mention of GoogleBot.
Not a mention of GoogleBot.
Yelp's API specifically says their data cannot be aggregated with other sources. When presented with that, Google simply said they weren't using the API, they were scraping.
Apparently scraping is a free pass to do whatever the hell you want if you're Google.