Cool new stuff from Yahoo!

Seeing that I spend roughly half of my life at work, I thought I’d share some of the wonderful things we’re working on. The most recent product that’s been deployed for all the world to see is our Local product (http://local.yahoo.com). This is what is essentially going to kill the Yellow Pages. Looking for a great sushi restaurant in your neighborhood? Simply enter “sushi” in the “Search for:” input field, and your zip code in the “Location” input field, then click on the “search” button.

Bam! You have a ton of sushi restaurants that can be found near you. Distance to the restaurant along with user ratings help you decide if it’s an establishment that you might want to frequent. Need a map? No problem, click on the “View Results on Map” link at the top of the page and you can see where all of those great (or not so great) sushi joints are.

See some sushi results for zip code 94086.

Give it a spin the next time you’re looking for that hot new Tappas hangout or a plumber to unblock your pipes (caused by that not so great Tappas hangout you found in the paper Yellow Pages.

I’ll share other products as we launch them.