Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo! Local’

The new location-based search from Yahoo, which is currently being testing in the USA, should be “hyper-local”. The current beta-version of Yahoo Local doesn’t focus on finding restaurants, doctors, or other vendors and service providers, but rather on news, events, and deals in cities and smaller communities. Read the rest of this entry »

City.com is a new search engine whose concept can be called an “all in one”. The maps from Google, the events from Yahoo!, and all of that available on Twitter and Facebook – but is this new service really all it makes itself out to be? Read the rest of this entry »

The USA-version of the local search portal Yahoo! Local, now is offering a new feature – the so-called “search circle”.

Using this new function, the user can limit the results to their personally chosen area/region, via the map view option, said Tom Wailes of the Yahoo! Local Team, in a post in the Yahoo! Local Blog.

To use the Search Circle function, after generating search results, one clicks on the “expand Map” link above the map provided. In the subsequent enlarged map, a blue-edged circle appears, defining the geographic limits of the search results at hand. The defining circle can be moved, enlarged or reduced according to mood or need. The results are then adjusted automatically to reflect the newly defined area. Thus it is possible for instance, to show all cafés, restaurants or shopping possibilities within a radius of X kilometer from any point, such as home, work or hotel.

A similar feature has also been available for over a year at AskCity.com (the local USA search option of ask.com (see our post). On that site, users are able to define a sector for search generation using a drawing tool provided. However, unlike Yahoo! Local, one is not able to drag or adjust the circle without redrawing.