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After Google’s “place search†addition to its local search,now its  turn for Yahoo.Yahoo going to introduce local search for mobile  users.Though its in beta version and  you can get the most relevant  local data from this search.

 Yahoo is trying to provide best local search result.Irv Henderson,  Vice President of Product Management for Yahoo Mobile and Connected  Devices says that top features will be

 â€œTop features include:

 

• Local News and Information – delivering relevant hyper-local   neighborhood and city content created by the community, local   publishers, and Yahoo! editors as well as content from the best local   blogs and newspapers
• Saving Money in Your Area – we’re integrating our recently launched   Local Offers program to deliver the best locally relevant offers from   nearby spas, restaurants and retailers so you save cash while you   support local businesses
• Powerful Technology – our geo-informatics and content enrichment   platforms identify and geo-tag every news story that appears on every   page down to the neighborhood levelâ€

 Lets we have to wait & see that how much better and refined local  search result we will get.The new Yahoo local search for mobi devices  in introduced for 30 neighborhoods only in the U.S., including San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Brooklyn, NY as well as Birmingham, Ferndale, and Royal Oak in Michigan.

 You can take trial from your PC or mobi devices here :http://beta.local.yahoo.com.