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I've got a friend who worked for a while, last year, selling yellow page ads to businesses. I was baffled. Does anyone still use the yellow pages? Well, I do
by tjic 16y ago
I've got a friend who worked for a while, last year, selling yellow page ads to businesses.
I was baffled.
Does anyone still use the yellow pages?
Well, I do.
SmartFlix.com has the ground floor of a two story building, and every year, the yellow pages folks leave four or five shrink-wrapped bundles of directories in our lobby.
NONE of these get opened up.
NOONE in the building wants even a single copy.
I usually take an entire shrink-wrapped bundle home, and use it to start fires with all winter long.
- parenthesis 16y agoI'm writing this comment on a laptop elevated to a better eye level by four Yellow Pages.
- brianmckenzie 16y agoThe yellow pages can still be useful in some situations, although like you I mostly use them to start the BBQ. I'm playing devil's advocate here... - You're in a metro area with lower-than-average internet uptake. There will still be a lot of businesses you can't find (easily) without the yellow pages. - If you're searching for a business where net presence is not a big differentiator, their yellow page ad may well give you more information than google would. My favorite guitar store barely exists, as far as google is concerned. - You're stranded in the middle of nowhere and you don't have a smartphone. If there's gas station nearby the yellow pages are the best way to find a mechanic/locksmith/etc. This has happened to me.