Comments on: The Yellow Pages Equal Spam

By: gigurdjieff

gigurdjieff — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:18:38 +0000

I think the printed Yellow Pages are too expensive, they are not eco-friendly and now that alternatives like the Internet Yellow Pages are popping up all over the place, small businesses have viable free alternatives to the expensive print version.

By: justinlevy

justinlevy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:52:19 +0000

Hey Andrew!
I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by and leave such a detailed
response. I'm glad to see that you and your team are actively listening to
the conversations taking place around the blogosphere. Keep up the great
work!

By: justinlevy

justinlevy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:50:27 +0000

Thanks for the links and appreciate you stopping by and leaving a comment!

By: justinlevy

justinlevy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:52:19 +0000

By: justinlevy

justinlevy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:50:27 +0000

Thanks for the links and appreciate you stopping by and leaving a comment!

By: squealingrat

squealingrat — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:33:03 +0000

Try some of these sites to opt out:

http://www.thedeets.com/2008/06/16/how-to-unsub...
http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/at-t-yellow-p...
http://www.thesucculentwife.com/yellowpagesgoes...

By: andrewshane

andrewshane — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:05:44 +0000

Justin -

I understand and appreciate your frustration. This might sound weird coming from someone who works at Idearc Media, a company whose legacy is as the official publisher of the Verizon Yellow Pages. What also may sound weird is that I want to give you and your readers the URL to opt-out of all the directories you receive - - www.yellowpagesoptout.com. On this site, you can include your zip code and all the publisher's that deliver in your area will appear with their opt-out information.

I understand my opinion is skewed, but I do believe one yellow pages that offers something special is a great resource to have. Problem is, folks like yourself get inundated with directories that have almost the identical information. Until now.

Problem was publishers were busy defending the yellow pages in general instead of differentiating them.

We pride ourselves on not being your father's yellow pages. We've introduced something new and different for consumers that is available online on our www.superpages.com resource and in print in the yellow pages. Our free SuperGuarantee program is designed to put your mind at ease - - when you hire a contractor, auto mechanic, painter, plumber or other of our service provider clients, we will stand by their work. If something goes wrong, we will step in and try to make it right or, if we can't, we will give you up to $500.

Now I understand you may be thinking since the program is available online, I still don't need our yellow pages. Fair enough, but I do think you would agree our yellow pages would be a great resource to have if you needed a plumber, a mover, etc. One yellow pages that provides you with something special.

You mentioned wanting to get feedback from advertisers. Wanted to quickly share with you something we are offering our clients as a way of providing additional value to them. Our SuperTradeExchange (www.supertradeexchange.com) provides businesses with a network of other businesses to barter with - - a great opportunity during a recession.

Justin, I appreciate this opportunity to blog.

Andrew Shane

By: EmailSpammers

EmailSpammers — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:55:58 +0000

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By: KyleJudkins

KyleJudkins — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:03:27 +0000

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