As Casey Meraztold us, “Yahoo lost the battle with Google & Apple because Yahoo Maps never really evolved. It was really just search engine based. It’s been “dead” for quite some … See more

Andrew Shotlandnoted that “it costs a lot to build and maintain a global maps product”, and told us that it was clear Yahoo has been de-emphasizing investments in local; “They, like … See more

A major drawback is that Apple & Google both have a strong smartphone presence, which Yahoo clearly doesn’t have. As Casey Meraz emphasised, Apple Maps is the default … See more

It’s clear that Yahoo’s failure to keep investing in Maps – after a bright start – meant that it lost too much ground to it’s competitors, which it could just not claw back. Also, … See more