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for Web site content, local attractions, maps and directions, digital...
The new feature is unlike other local search services like Yahoo Local, Google Local or even A9's Yellow Pages, which all focus on helping you locate local businesses, services, attractions and so on.
SmartView enhances the current Yahoo Maps product by allowing consumers to choose local points of interest and attractions -- such as restaurants, hotels, movie theaters, parks, ATMs and post offices -- to customize the current map display.
Mayer says that Google has also added content about non-commercial local attractions, such as parks, recreation centers, and other community landmarks. Google has officially moved local search out of Google labs and into beta, introducing several...
On the right side of the map, the Smart View menu displays six top-level categories for local attractions, businesses and services: Not all businesses, attractions or services in my local area were displayed, for example.