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From the News Desk
Wednesday, 11. June 2008

Yahoo Introduces New Local Information Destination




Yahoo India has come up with its new local information destination, Yahoo India Local (beta), available at local.yahoo.in. According to the company, Yahoo India Local provides relevant local information that impacts a user's daily needs.

Yahoo India Local offers local information such as business listings, maps and directions, local events, and current movies. Users can get listings from a wide range of categories such as restaurants, pubs, shopping malls, hospitals, schools, tailors, banks, health and fitness, and 24-hour pharmacies.

“Yahoo India Local (Beta) exemplifies our strategy to be the leading starting point on the web, by providing the most relevant and compelling experience for local needs”, said Gopal Krishna, Head of Audience, Yahoo India. He further added saying, “With this innovative product, we are trying to make the web more useful, engaging, interesting and localized to our users.”

On Yahoo India Local, users can write reviews, leave footprints, mark businesses on the map and add listings or events. Users also benefit from contributions shared by the community with real insights into their experiences. It also lists various local businesses for free.

Yahoo has presently made this service available across Delhi/NCR, Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore.




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