Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Yahoo buys Whereonearth to bolster local search

"Yahoo (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it has acquired a small UK company called Whereonearth to help improve its local search and mobile phone services and compete more effectively with search leader Google (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) .
Whereonearth specialises in location-based Internet services, including a sophisticated database of geographical locations that will let users search for local goods and services without entering a zip code or post code."

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