YARD has rolled out a major upgrade to how business events are categorized and found: a structured location database designed to eliminate confusion and improve search accuracy.
Previously, business events were tied to free-text location names, leading to inconsistent results due to variations like "New York," "New York City," or "NYC." With the new system in place, those inconsistencies are resolved. Events are now linked to a standardized geographic hierarchy:
- City → State → Country → Region
- Duplicate spellings are unified under consistent, searchable entries.
- Users can now find events better everywhere, including in states.
- Locations include additional metadata, such as translations into German.
Events are now also assigned to states and regions, making targeted browsing possible, for instance, viewing business events in Bavaria.
This improved location system is more than just a technical improvement. It lays the groundwork for the products to support additional languages beyond English, starting with German. The new functionality is also used in tools when dealing with smart locations, for example when adding an event.
