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Off topic: Are the Yellow Pages still a thing?
by solidr53 8y ago
Off topic: Are the Yellow Pages still a thing?
- oso2k 8y agoSort of. UDDI had sought to replace yellow pages (and other colors) in the Java/SOA world of the mid 2000s. LDAP (successor to yp/nis) lost the page terminology on the way to standardization.
- dbt00 8y agoIn case you're asking about the older product, yes I still get a phone book on my porch every 6 months to a year with updated residential and business phone numbers, including ads for the businesses. The pages aren't yellow, though.
- RichardCA 8y agohttps://www.thestreet.com/story/14207102/1/the-yellow-pages-which-apparently-still-exists-has-been-acquired-by-dex-media.html https://www.thestreet.com/story/14207102/1/the-yellow-pages-...
- Leynos 8y agoUK: yes, we still get sent one (along with a residential directory). It's no longer phone directory sized though. Now midway between A4 and A5 sized and about a centimeter thick.
- implements 8y agoAlso UK: Yep - the 2018 edition will be the last printed one, apparently - then online only.
- jentulman 8y agoAlso in the UK. The last Yellow Pages we received, about two months ago, had a large ‘Final Issue‘ highlight on the front. They’ve finally given up. I tried to dredge up some nostalgic feelings for it’s demise, but flicking through the contents I really couldn’t. About 40% of the ad space throughout the book was for one advertiser, Gas Safe Register, and I can only assume that got sold at a song to fill the space. I’d love to know the percentage of the population that are going to miss it. I can see why it’s no longer effective with search engines being what they are, but there must still be a decent number of (presumably older) people who don’t google when they need contact details.
- isostatic 8y agoThe only nostalgia I have is for the adverts - the kids and the missletoe, fly fishing by JR Hartley, etc