Comments on: The Yellow Pages Industry is Not Your Friend http://www.thedeets.com/2009/01/08/the-yellow-pages-industry-is-not-your-friend/ Consistently against torture. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://www.thedeets.com/2009/01/08/the-yellow-pages-industry-is-not-your-friend/#comment-8178 Patrick Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:15:48 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2825#comment-8178 Ed, Thought i would pass this blog post your way. Similar sentiment about yellow pages. http://www.webinknow.com/2008/12/yellow-pages-anyone.html Sales guy came to see me about another yellow pages directory. Ho many does a city of 90,000 need? Ed,

Thought i would pass this blog post your way. Similar sentiment about yellow pages.

http://www.webinknow.com/2008/12/yellow-pages-anyone.html

Sales guy came to see me about another yellow pages directory. Ho many does a city of 90,000 need?

]]> By: DK http://www.thedeets.com/2009/01/08/the-yellow-pages-industry-is-not-your-friend/#comment-8172 DK Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:32:52 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2825#comment-8172 I've had a stack of yellow pages on the front step of my duplex for well over a year... http://flickr.com/photos/dktoday/3192247162/ I’ve had a stack of yellow pages on the front step of my duplex for well over a year…
http://flickr.com/photos/dktoday/3192247162/

]]> By: Q Wizz http://www.thedeets.com/2009/01/08/the-yellow-pages-industry-is-not-your-friend/#comment-8170 Q Wizz Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:45:22 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2825#comment-8170 Phonebooks are great for finding Taxi's though. You open the yellow pages to "Taxi", (which personally I could do faster than I could get my computer out of sleep mode and pull up internet explorer and try to google something) and you have about 20 different taxi companies you can call. And since you always have to call more than one if it's a Friday or Saturday night in MPLS, you can buzz through pretty quickly. I would rather use a phone book than google to do this. I have not found a website that so clearly displays all your options with cities serviced and phone numbers on one page. If you know a site that does this let me know and I will check it out. However, I don't need 6 phonebooks a year for finding Taxis. And I get about 6 phonebooks a year. Also, if I may respond to James's comment: I like the morning paper. I probably use it to consume 25% of my news. So definetly for me it is still a relevant player in the media arena. Maybe it's because I used to write for 2 papers, but I'd prefer to read an article in the paper rather than on StarTribune.com. I will use the internet when available, like right now when I'm at work getting sidetracked, but in my house, in a car, on a plane, or restaurant, I would rather read a real paper than stare at a laptop. It is true that most people probably don't use the paper to get the news every morning- who has the time? But on Saturdays and Sundays I enjoy a paper. Plus when you're done you can use it to start fires in the fireplace or put it under your kitty litter box. Phonebooks are great for finding Taxi’s though. You open the yellow pages to “Taxi”, (which personally I could do faster than I could get my computer out of sleep mode and pull up internet explorer and try to google something) and you have about 20 different taxi companies you can call. And since you always have to call more than one if it’s a Friday or Saturday night in MPLS, you can buzz through pretty quickly. I would rather use a phone book than google to do this.
I have not found a website that so clearly displays all your options with cities serviced and phone numbers on one page.
If you know a site that does this let me know and I will check it out.

However, I don’t need 6 phonebooks a year for finding Taxis. And I get about 6 phonebooks a year.

Also, if I may respond to James’s comment: I like the morning paper. I probably use it to consume 25% of my news. So definetly for me it is still a relevant player in the media arena.
Maybe it’s because I used to write for 2 papers, but I’d prefer to read an article in the paper rather than on StarTribune.com. I will use the internet when available, like right now when I’m at work getting sidetracked, but in my house, in a car, on a plane, or restaurant, I would rather read a real paper than stare at a laptop.
It is true that most people probably don’t use the paper to get the news every morning- who has the time? But on Saturdays and Sundays I enjoy a paper.

Plus when you’re done you can use it to start fires in the fireplace or put it under your kitty litter box.

]]> By: Teri Eckholm http://www.thedeets.com/2009/01/08/the-yellow-pages-industry-is-not-your-friend/#comment-8163 Teri Eckholm Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:23:33 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2825#comment-8163 It is amazing at how many phonebooks are stacked up at the front doors of vacant and foreclosed homes throughout the Twin Cities metro. Mine goes straight into the recycling bin....unless we need a doorstop. :) It is amazing at how many phonebooks are stacked up at the front doors of vacant and foreclosed homes throughout the Twin Cities metro. Mine goes straight into the recycling bin….unless we need a doorstop. :)

]]> By: Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 20 | Minnov8: Minnesota Innovation in Internet and Web Technology http://www.thedeets.com/2009/01/08/the-yellow-pages-industry-is-not-your-friend/#comment-8152 Minnov8 Gang Podcast - Episode 20 | Minnov8: Minnesota Innovation in Internet and Web Technology Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:38:51 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=2825#comment-8152 [...] local news story Ed is passionate about is the plan for legislation to make yellow pages distributors provide easier opt-out [...] [...] local news story Ed is passionate about is the plan for legislation to make yellow pages distributors provide easier opt-out [...]

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