Update on Our Efforts to Protect Yellow Pages Delivery in Seattle and San...
As many of you know, despite extensive work to demonstrate our commitment to consumer choice and sustainability, the Yellow Pages industry has been targeted in Seattle and San Francisco with government...
View ArticleDespite Shifts, Print Yellow Pages Remain Viable Local Media Source
AT&T’s announcement last week that it plans to sell a majority stake of its Yellow Pages units to Cerberus Capital Management has generated discussion about the future of print Yellow Pages. While...
View Article‘Search Starts Here’: Google on the Growth and Opportunities in Mobile Search
This morning Rick Ducey, managing director at BIA/Kelsey, moderated a discussion with Ursula Worth and Nick Boos of Google. Ursula, head of directories and web hosting partnerships, reiterated with...
View Article‘Search Starts Here’: Reinventing the Directory Organization
Our own Brad Carson, vice president of operations, moderated a relevant and insightful conversation yesterday morning with change management experts about the bold moves necessary to drive the...
View ArticleLSA Directories Online Launches Enhanced New Features
Over the weekend, LSA Directories Online was updated with some exciting new features. As many of you know, our LSA Directories Online database serves as a single source for accessing print directory...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Denies City of Seattle’s Latest Motion, Finalizing Free Speech...
Last week, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals once again ruled in favor of First Amendment protection in our case against the City of Seattle over its discriminatory phone book law. In a ruling...
View ArticleKeep America Beautiful Encourages Use of www.YellowPagesOptOut.com
As we head into summer, our friends at Keep America Beautiful are encouraging supporters across the country to de-cluttering for summer by following a few tips. One of the tips offered is for those...
View ArticleAs Local Search Goes Mobile, Search Engines, Yellow Pages, and Store...
Today, we are releasing results from our annual “Local Media Tracking Study,” which provides key insights into the reach of various local media sources. In this first of two blog posts, I discuss...
View ArticleLSA|14: Google Amps Up Efforts to Help Partners Be the ‘Trusted Digital Media...
Kristin Coit, head of directories and web hosting partnerships, channel sales North America for Google, helped kick off the first day of sessions by introducing Google’s efforts to help partners...
View ArticleLocal SEO Bible: The 2014 Local Search Ranking Factors
David Mihm and his cabal of local SEO professionals have been reverse engineering Google’s local algorithm since 2008. Today the 2014 edition of the now widely anticipated “Local Search Ranking...
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