Yahoo Search Adds Travel Shortcuts

The Yahoo Search Blog has announced that they have added new Yahoo Travel shortcuts. If you search on a travel destination, such as Jerusalem, up comes a shortcut box with travel related information. It looks like this: In this pretty shortcut, you are given information on the destination including: Visitor Guide Hotels Restaurant Guides Maps […]

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The Yahoo Search Blog has announced that they have added new Yahoo Travel shortcuts.

If you search on a travel destination, such as Jerusalem, up comes a shortcut box with travel related information. It looks like this:

Yahoo Search Adds Travel Shortcuts


In this pretty shortcut, you are given information on the destination including:

  • Visitor Guide
  • Hotels
  • Restaurant Guides
  • Maps
  • Travel Options
  • Top Rated Things To Do
  • Slide Show of Pictures
  • and more…

Other example searches that work include Paris, Hanoi or Sydney. But there are hundreds US and international destinations that currently work, plus they plan on adding more.


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