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What's funny about your comment is that yellow pages uses google search and maps to compile it's results. Why not skip the cruft and go right to the original so

by jbob2000 11y ago

What's funny about your comment is that yellow pages uses google search and maps to compile it's results. Why not skip the cruft and go right to the original source?

function_seven 11y ago
I just did two identical searches in google.com and yp.com, and the results I got on yp were entirely different than those on google, and more numerous. yp.com has a ton of listings directly submitted to them. They may use Google as one of many data sources, but they're by no means the original source.
- at-fates-hands 11y ago
  This is one way YP.com is transitioning to more online marketing. They have started to bundle their yp.com offerings with their print offerings. If you buy a print ad, you can get a cut on the .com ad and placement depending on how much you're spending. I also noticed yp.com has the first 8-10 listings are paid ads, which go right below the fold. If you don't scroll down, you'd never notice the non-paid listings. It's pretty sketchy to me, but I guess they're doing what they have to in order to survive
  - wilkenm 11y ago
    That's actually the opposite direction of where they're moving. yp.com has little, if any, relation to the print business.
kazinator 11y ago
Which yellow pages where? Yellow pages isn't a specific company; it's a kind of floating trademark that exists in different ways in different countries and regions. My comment was specifically about yellowpages.ca that I have here in Canada. > Why not skip the cruft and go right to the original source? That depends on whether the compiling that you're skipping provides value. Why skip the gas station cruft and refine your own crude oil to make gasoline? Hey, no road tax!
- gohrt 11y ago
  Aside, that's not true, in many jurisdictions. US tax authorities chase down and collect money from biodiesel users who don't pay the fueltax.
  - kazinator 11y ago
    How do they do that? It seems you would have to ask all vehicle owners to submit their fuel receipts and odometer readings.
wilkenm 11y ago
That might be an apt description of 3rd tier clickbait 'yellowpages' sites. But the more prominent ones spend large sums of money buying and aggregating data feeds.

What's funny about your comment is that yellow pages uses google search and maps to compile it's results. Why not skip the cruft and go right to the original source?

function_seven 11y ago

I just did two identical searches in google.com and yp.com, and the results I got on yp were entirely different than those on google, and more numerous. yp.com has a ton of listings directly submitted to them. They may use Google as one of many data sources, but they're by no means the original source.

at-fates-hands 11y ago
This is one way YP.com is transitioning to more online marketing. They have started to bundle their yp.com offerings with their print offerings. If you buy a print ad, you can get a cut on the .com ad and placement depending on how much you're spending. I also noticed yp.com has the first 8-10 listings are paid ads, which go right below the fold. If you don't scroll down, you'd never notice the non-paid listings. It's pretty sketchy to me, but I guess they're doing what they have to in order to survive
- wilkenm 11y ago
  That's actually the opposite direction of where they're moving. yp.com has little, if any, relation to the print business.

kazinator 11y ago

Which yellow pages where? Yellow pages isn't a specific company; it's a kind of floating trademark that exists in different ways in different countries and regions. My comment was specifically about yellowpages.ca that I have here in Canada. > Why not skip the cruft and go right to the original source? That depends on whether the compiling that you're skipping provides value. Why skip the gas station cruft and refine your own crude oil to make gasoline? Hey, no road tax!

gohrt 11y ago
Aside, that's not true, in many jurisdictions. US tax authorities chase down and collect money from biodiesel users who don't pay the fueltax.
- kazinator 11y ago
  How do they do that? It seems you would have to ask all vehicle owners to submit their fuel receipts and odometer readings.

wilkenm 11y ago

That might be an apt description of 3rd tier clickbait 'yellowpages' sites. But the more prominent ones spend large sums of money buying and aggregating data feeds.