Great news this a.m. from the land of hockey ... Yahoo has finally acknowledged that yes, we Canadians live in Canada. What you ask?

Happy Canadian Beaver

In essence, this means that Yahoo is finally automatically redirecting Canadians searching via Yahoo Search (ie. Yahoo.com) to Yahoo.ca, presumably based on IP. The result is more Canadian sites will be found in the search results (and fewer U.S. based sites) since the vast majority of searchers assumed this was happening automatically.

Try it for yourself if you live in Canada ... type in Yahoo.com and see if you are redirected to https://ca.yahoo.com.

This is great news for Canadian companies already feeling the pressure of a higher Canadian dollar relative to our neighbours to the south!

Google and MSN already offer this type of redirection, meaning Yahoo was the last of the big 3 to do so.

If you live in a country other than the U.S. I'd like to hear from you. Do Google, Yahoo, and MSN all redirect to a local TLD automatically where you are?

About the Author: Jeff Quipp

I'm President and CEO of Search Engine People Inc. I'm a sports fanatic, particularly hockey, but in reality just about any sport. If Toronto had a dog sled team ... I'd probably try to get season's tickets. Guess I'm fortunate ... I'm very happily married, and am a father of three spirited kids (two girls and a boy). They tend to like sports too ... imagine that. I've got an BA in Economics, and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University ... go Hawks go! I'm a tremendous fan of all things science and the internet, and particularly how the internet is changing our behaviours. I'm always looking to connect with more people interested in the same topics as I am, so I'd encourage you to "Friend me" in all the social media below if that's you too!