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All queries performed at: http://local.yahooapis.com/LocalSearchService/V3/localSearch? are timing out.

I have not been able to find any documentation explaining this down-time or changes to the API.

Our app uses this API, and this is a significant loss.

I didn't expect it to be so difficult finding information about this issue. Any help is appreciated.

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Well, after prodding around the net I found that all documentation from the Yahoo Developer Network has been pulled.

Here's a quote from their Blog

Earlier this year, we announced an ongoing effort to sharpen our focus and deliver experiences that enhance your daily lives. As part of that, today we’re shutting down a few products so we can continue to focus on creating beautiful products that are essential to you every day.

Yahoo! Local API (September 28, 2013) -- As part of this shutdown, all Yahoo! Local API documentation will also be removed from the Yahoo! Developer Network portal.

Needless to say, this is rather significant. This API was a large part of our application, and provides reviews and ratings of companies across the country. I am not a fan of this one bit.

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Tell me about it, I'm dealing with this right now, I can't believe that they don't even return a 500 error or something, that is such bullshit to not tell anyone your shutting down a service, and also just let all their servers timeout waiting for a response... LAME. – JP Silvashy Oct 16 '13 at 17:59
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I had the same problem soon. Since then, keep the following link http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/rest/V1/ but not sure that he still active.

The important part is We are shutting down this service on September 13, 2011. We suggest using maps from our partner Nokia. Please visit developer.here.net for more information.

Hope this will help...

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