Having an eye-catching sign might matter less than being listed in the right wireless databases and yellow-pages services.
Though Nextdoor is currently free of advertisements, the site plans a directory of local businesses that could link to user recommendations, like a Yellow Pages-Yelp mashup.
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Many mobile devices come with the Yellow Pages application pre-loaded, making it easy for consumers to quickly conduct searches for local businesses.
Once upon a time, before smart phones or even the Internet, a book called the Yellow Pages was the go-to directory when it came to finding local merchants.
Excite Mobile's location-based services, which include yellow pages and white pages, driving directions, and an ATM (automated teller machine) locator, are provided by AirFlash Inc.
He also advertised in newspapers and yellow pages, featuring photos of his well-manicured graveyard.
Though we mostly handled the books only by their covers (or paged briefly through to ascertain that no dunce had striped the pages yellow or pink with a Hi-Liter), we communed deeply with them, felt certain that only we deserved to abide with them.
Google has already acted on that observation by disrupting various old-fashioned owners of directories, such as Yellow Pages.
The search for local products and services continues to shift away from the Yellow Pages and online directories and search engines to location-based services via a plethora of mobile apps.
Peter Thein founded Myanmar Yellow Pages 20 years ago and now also runs a fast-growing market research company.
The site also gets money from bricks-and-mortar outlets that advertise on InfoSpace, an Internet yellow pages linked to Ehow.
The second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. reported a healthy 2.6% y-o-y growth in revenues, excluding the impact of its Yellow Pages business which was sold off in Q2.
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Alistair McKillop of Renfield Recruitment, a one-office firm in central Glasgow dealing with only white-collar staff, reckons there are 70 direct competitors in the local Yellow Pages.
Londoners will also be able to know where to find anything they want by travelling there virtually - if it were to become popular, it might work as a Yellow Pages of its day.
Her creator, the Cambridge start-up True Knowledge, is adding to the database all the time by scouring Wikipedia, Yellow Pages and other sources.
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