YellowBot

YellowBot is a hyper-local search engine and community discussion resource.

YellowBot seeks to be a hyper-local search engine and community discussion resource. The combination of yellowpages like searching with [Yelp](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yelp) like discussions, is designed to allow consumers to find exactly what they are looking for in the search area. Their search engine has been in beta over over a year, but is not publicly open. Yellow bot is entering a space crowded with players. Searching is one of the most density populate web 2.0 spaces, and everyone from Google to Yahoo is working on local search products. Similarly websites like [Citysearch](http://crunchbase.com/organization/citysearch), [InsiderPages](http://crunchbase.com/organization/insiderpages) (now owned by Citysearch), and [Chowhound](http://crunchbase.com/organization/chowhound) (part of the CNET consortium), connect community members together to discussions restaurants, stores, etc. The YellowBot platform is also running [weblocal.ca].