Yahoo! Local gets a makeover

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Yahoo! Local gets a makeover

by Chris Gilmer Aug 15th 2007

Yahoo has dished out a fresh new look for their Local website portal. The design is clean, and the site is extremely user friendly with useful local content.

Upon entry into the new Yahoo Local, users are asked for the zip code in which they would like to search. This builds a personalized page with the specific areas hot spots, reviews as well as the extended weather forecast. Yahoo Local lists off four top categories for main information straight away at the top of the results. Most Popular lists a few of the hot restaurants and local services. The Events section has upcoming performances and sporting events. Maps lists the areas traffic and WiFi locations, as well as a search function to plot business, hotels, ATM's among others on a map. And Buzz drops the week's popular neighborhood searches.

Local searches can be browsed by categories, as well as with recent reviews which is extremely helpful when looking for advice on what to check out in new areas. In all, Yahoo has just raised the local search game, watch out Google.

Tags: search, yahoo, yahoo local, YahooLocal

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