Global Yellow Pages Blog
Here is a roundup of posts from the last week in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Reality Check on Yellow Pages The sell-off of directory stocks that reached a crescendo yesterday is continuing…
The sell-off of directory stocks that reached a crescendo yesterday is continuing today, with Idearc, R.H. Donnelley and Yell being hit the hardest. Each of the three has been downgraded by leading banks and has lost a substantial amount of its value.…
After writing about the cautious progress of publishers adopting Web 2.0 tools and approaches, I came across the introduction of a "wiki" approach to directories recently launched in the U.K. called Brownbook. Officially launched this week, Brownbook describes itself as…
Here are some highlights from the TKG blog over the past week, in case you missed any posts. Click below to read each post in full. Review: Yellowpages.com on U-verse TV I'm a happy subscriber to AT&T's U-verse IPTV service,…
Local Insight Regatta Holdings and AT&T announced the acquisition of L.M. Berry's Independent Line of Business unit. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. According to the press release: The transaction will combine two industry-leading organizations responsible for selling, producing…
European Directory Assistance has launched a new English-language directory assistance site in Belgium called 14-14, which offers residential and business search, with the latter available by name and category. Part of the new service's positioning is that during business hours, consumers…
I read with interest a recent post by Jennifer Osborne on Search Engine People regarding how Millennials fundamentally search for products and services differently as compared with those 30 years old and older. One of the fundamental differences Osborne points out: Millennial Brains…
Quick, what industry gets the highest customer service quality ratings from U.S. adult consumers, according to an August 2007 Harris Interactive poll? No. 1 is supermarkets with 92 percent giving them a good rating, No. 2 is online search engines (84…
Last week, a lot happened in the local media world. Here is a selection of posts in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Universal Search Paves the Way for Local Video Most of the…
Yellow Pages Group Canada has signed an agreement with Copernic, owners of Mamma.com, to supply local Canadian advertiser listings to the mamma.com search engine. According to the press release from Copernic, "The agreement means local search queries will be served…
A new study in the United Kingdom, commissioned by welovelocal.com, a U.K.-based online local site competing against directory publishers, has found that 35 percent of British consumers no longer want to receive print directories, and choose the Internet to look…
Microsoft Canada Co. and Yellow Pages Group Canada announced that Microsoft Virtual Earth mapping software is now available on YellowPages.ca. The software licensing deal allows YPG to provide a more robust map experience for users. It will also enable the…
Below is a sampling of posts from the TKG blog, in case you missed any posts this week. Click below to read each post in full. More Web 2.0 Ideas for Local Search Sites OK, so I’m on a Web…
Linkedin has become a valuable resource for connecting business professionals. Recently Linkedin has added a professional services feature that allows members to share their business contacts in specific service categories. The new “Services” tab allows users to find people via…
Pagesjaunes France has announced it will take a dramatic pricing approach in its largest urban markets where it will cut print costs by 20 percent while raising online costs on average by 50 percent. The goal of the pricing program…
In case you missed any posts this week, here are a few highlights. Click below to read each post in full. Competing for Attention in the Social Networking World Peter Krasilovsky's post this morning got me thinking about MySpace's future.…
In case you missed any posts over the past week, here is a recap. Click below to read each post in full. BT to Pursue Ad-Supported DA Model According to the Independent newspaper, British Telecom, apparently swayed by the rapid…
The Mexican telecommunications giant Telmex plans to spin off its Yellow Pages and international operations into a new holding company called Telmex Internacional. "Telmex expects that the spin-off will become effective and further expects that the shares of Telmex Internacional will…
Posting (along with the activity level in the local search world) has been understandably light over the past few days. But a lot happened before that; here is a recap in case you missed anything. Click below to read each…
European Directories has taken another step in expanding its directory publishing footprint on the continent. Earlier this week, ED acquired the Polish directory publisher Ditel from Telekomunikacja Polska. The deal is worth 20 million euros, or about US$29 million. ED…
