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…
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…
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…
Last week the Swedish directory publisher Eniro announced that it has selected Stockholm-based Picsearch to power a video search feature on the eniro.se portal. Picsearch has an existing relationship with Eniro via its provision of a video search feature on…
'Tis the season for shopping and at times endless aggravation finding stores that actually have the items you want in stock. I’m all about anything that can help ease the stress of the shopping experience. And one thing I rediscovered…
My colleague Michael Taylor and I spent part of this week in London, making the rounds among some of the key players in global directories based in that wonderful and surpassingly expensive city (sorry, kids, no souvenirs). One of our…
European Directories and Truvo announced the possibility of a merger of their respective De Telefoongids and Gouden Gids directory operations in the Netherlands. According to the news release: Cornel Riklin, CEO of European Directories, said “We are very excited about…
2007 U.S. advertising spending is expected to grow just 0.7 percent over 2006 to US$283.8 billion, according to McCann Erickson's well-respected advertising forecaster, Robert Coen. In his biannual Insider's Report, Coen downgraded his 2007 forecast for the second time in a year.…
Stuart McKelvey, president and CEO of TMP Directional Marketing, gave ILM:07 attendees a second look at their online user study to help clarify its results and provide insight on how this can serve to help more effectively plan both online…
Amsterdam-based Spotzer, which creates multimedia video ad campaigns for small and medium-sized businesses, announced it has acquired a 10 million euro (US$14.8 million) investment from the U.S. venture capital firm Sierra Partners and European Directories, a print and online directory publisher…
Last week Bebo, the global social network, announced its new OpenMedia platform partnerships. The network has partnered with major media brands to deliver premium content to its 40 million users. Partnerships include CBS, MTV Networks, ESPN, the BBC, Channel Four,…
Interactive Local Media: 07 is ready to roll Nov. 28-30 in L.A. That’s next Wednesday through Friday! The show, which is being produced in partnership with SES Local, has attendees from all over the world. One exec told me he…
Should directory publishers embrace the concept of opt-out, the notion that some mechanism should be created that allows consumers to choose not to receive a print book? This question arose last week at the Yellow Pages Today event in Zurich,…
An article in the Australian newspaper confirms that Sensis will need to pursue acquisitions in order to meet the five-year growth objectives set out by Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo back in 2005. Telstra is Australia's leading telecom and is the parent…
Toronto-based voice search technology provider Call Genie announced today that it will acquire European DA technology provider BTSLogic for $1.5 million. The press release is somewhat unclear on details of how this will play out, but it states generally that…
I've collected a number of Yellow Pages-related items over the past week or so that are worth noting. So here it goes: The Texas ad agency FKM has launched a new unit to focus on interactive Yellow Pages and related online…
I've collected a number of Yellow Pages-related items over the past week or so that are worth noting. So here it goes: The Texas ad agency FKM has launched a new unit to focus on interactive Yellow Pages and related online…
The sales rep recruiting game has just gotten a bit more crowded and a lot more competitive. As we have discussed at our conferences and in recent Kelsey Advisories, with the influx of new online directory players such as Citysearch,…
Canada's Yellow Pages Group announced this morning that it will expand its relationship with Google to become the first Canadian-based reseller of Google AdWords. This is a significant escalation of YPG's relationship with Google, which basically involved sharing content with…
