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    Default Thinking about advertising with the Yellow Pages?

    I would think twice considering the state they are in at the moment.

    The hole is a little deep to get out of I would suspect

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    no doubt the government will step in to bail them out too - nationalise them or something equally daft!
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    plus the once you are on their database, the constant marketing calls you get from them gets rather annoying!

    I had a PPC account with them about 2 years ago and they still ring me up asking if I would like to be in their next edition. every time I say no, and can they PLEASE stop calling me!

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    Used it in the past, 100% waste of money.

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    I doubt I'd use them either for advertising my sites or for finding anything. I suppose a local plumber or such but I think YP is going the way of the Dodo.
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    I received my latest YP copy this week - it went straight in the recycling bin. Complete waste of time,space and paper.
    If I want to find something I go straight to the internet everytime!

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    Yup - what Alison said
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    Anybody else noticed how slim the books are nowdays as well?
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    Interesting for a company that turned over something like £1.2BILLION in 2007

    even this was good news...
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/jul/24/11

    They obviously had a giant staff party or totally forgot to put some away for a rainy day

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alison Pitman View Post
    I received my latest YP copy this week - it went straight in the recycling bin. Complete waste of time,space and paper.
    If I want to find something I go straight to the internet everytime!

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    I wonder how many did the same as you Alison..

    I know I did.


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