Yahoo! India Launches Local Info Portal
12 Jun, 2008, 1:47 pm IST | by
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Yahoo! India has announced the launch of its new local information destination, Yahoo! India Local (beta), available at local.yahoo.in, to provide relevant local information for its users' daily needs. This service is presently available for Delhi/NCR, Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore. Yahoo! India Local provides local information such as business listings, maps and directions, local events, and current movies and users can get listings from categories such as restaurants, pubs, shopping malls, hospitals, schools, tailors, banks, health and fitness, and 24 hour pharmacies. Users can also write reviews, leave footprints, mark businesses on the map, add listings or events on Yahoo! India Local. Local businesses across categories can also now get listed for free on Yahoo! India Local. "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. "With this innovative product, we are trying to make the web more useful, engaging, interesting and localized to our users," he added. With 'Essentialist', Yahoo! India Local aims to provide practical solutions for common problems. For example, relocating to Indira Nagar in Bangalore can get you an 'Essentialist' that will provide details of essential services such as nearest gas agency, cable TV provider, provision stores, pharmacies, packers and movers, etc. Or if you're getting married in Kormangala, Bangalore, the 'Essentialist' will give you salons for men and women, apparel shops, jewelers, event management companies, catering services, party halls and hotels in that locality. "Designed to create an active and vibrant community, Yahoo! India Local will enable its users to harness community knowledge. With user-friendly tools like reviews and footprints, people can now find, use, share and enhance their local information at ease," said Sridhar Ranganathan, Business Head, Local & Maps, Yahoo! India. |
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