Yahoo: Maps & Local

Seeking investments from Microsoft & Amazon, HERE signals intent to compete aggressively with Google Maps

Carmaker consortium seeks additional funds, resources to further develop and grow the mapping...

Greg Sterling | Apr 6, 2016 at 11:45 am ET

Yahoo Search App For iPhone Gets A Bit More “Now” With Personalized Content

Yesterday, Yahoo introduced an updated search app for the iPhone. It offers a range of new capabilities and utility. Overall, Yahoo has done a...

Greg Sterling | Dec 11, 2015 at 12:17 pm ET

Yahoo Maps Hits A Dead End, Shutting Down End Of This Month

After eight years, Yahoo will shut down Yahoo Maps by the end of this...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 4, 2015 at 1:29 pm ET

Amazon Fire Phone: Bing For Search, Nokia For Maps

The emerging consensus from the early “hands on” or “first look” reviews is that the Amazon Fire Phone has some novel...

Greg Sterling | Jun 19, 2014 at 9:31 am ET

WSJ: Local Businesses Losing Reviews After Yelp-Yahoo Deal

The recent Yelp/Yahoo partnership has angered some local business owners who say years of positive reviews are now gone from their Yahoo Local...

Matt McGee | Apr 11, 2014 at 9:04 am ET

Yahoo Goes Live With Yelp Local Reviews

Last month the Wall Street Journal reported that Yelp reviews were being integrated into Yahoo search results. This morning Yahoo formally...

Greg Sterling | Mar 12, 2014 at 3:01 pm ET

Yahoo Rolling Out Indoor Maps (via Nokia)

Yahoo has started to integrate indoor maps into its newly upgraded mapping product. Even though Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer didn’t want to go...

Greg Sterling | Mar 6, 2014 at 1:34 pm ET

Yahoo Turns To Yelp To Beef Up Local Search

According to a report appearing today in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Yahoo will be incorporating local content and listings from Yelp into...

Greg Sterling | Feb 8, 2014 at 7:05 pm ET

Yahoo Adds Local Business Snapshots Next To Search Results

You’re gonna say to yourself, “That looks a lot like Google’s local search results.” I’m talking about the latest...

Matt McGee | Jan 30, 2014 at 4:11 pm ET

Surprise: Yahoo Maps Gets A Facelift, New Features

Shortly after she became Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer declared (disappointingly) that she wasn’t going to invest in Local. It turns out that...

Greg Sterling | Sep 25, 2013 at 5:20 pm ET

Yahoo Image Search Now Serving Up Getty Images For Travel Related Search Queries

According to today’s announcement, Yahoo Image Search has been updated to deliver Getty Images for travel-related searches. When a user...

Amy Gesenhues | Jul 11, 2013 at 5:10 pm ET

Yahoo Wins $2.75 Billion Appeal In Yellow Pages Case

Yahoo announced yesterday that it had prevailed in an appeal of a $2.75 judgment in Mexico obtained by former joint venture partners. Those...

Greg Sterling | May 17, 2013 at 9:02 am ET

Mayer: Yahoo Not Planning To Invest In Local Search Right Now

Search is a “core priority” at Yahoo, but the company isn’t planning any significant investments in local search in the near...

Matt McGee | Oct 22, 2012 at 8:01 pm ET

Yahoo BOSS Expands To Offer Geolocation Data

Yahoo’s Build Your Own Search Service (BOSS) has recently expanded to include geolocation data from two Yahoo services: Placefinder and...

Vanessa Fox | Oct 1, 2012 at 4:45 pm ET

Microsoft And Nokia Unify Maps On PC, Mobile

Microsoft and Nokia announced the fruit of their recent mapping collaboration today. Each company has a blog post describing what’s...

Greg Sterling | Feb 28, 2012 at 5:21 pm ET

Yandex Joins Bing, Yahoo In Using Nokia-Navteq Map Data

Russian search giant Yandex announced that it will be licensing data from Nokia-owned Navteq to offer better and more comprehensive maps...

Greg Sterling | Jan 30, 2012 at 3:28 pm ET

Powered By Nokia, The New Yahoo Maps Goes Live

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz will be remembered mainly as a cost cutter who outsourced numerous functions to third parties. A partial list of...

Greg Sterling | Oct 28, 2011 at 12:17 pm ET

Yahoo Restaurant Quick Apps: A Dash Of Pandora, A Hint Of Google Squared

Yahoo has rolled out a restaurant Quick App, part of a larger program of making more structured content and transactional capabilities available...

Greg Sterling | Dec 10, 2010 at 12:32 am ET

Yahoo Local Expands Its Beta To Mobile

Yahoo is making a big push today for its new local search (edit: see below) interface, which offers a somewhat dramatic change both in the...

Matt McGee | Dec 8, 2010 at 5:38 pm ET

Local Search: Fish Where The Other Fishermen Aren’t

Most businesses tend to focus on the big channels when it comes to local SEO efforts. While it makes sense to optimize your Google Place Page...

Andrew Shotland | Nov 29, 2010 at 6:00 am ET