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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...