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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
AB,
My IYP traffic is nearly un-measurable.
Our site stats for June 07:
Unique visitors 2,801
Reached us by Direct Address: 72.6%...
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AB replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
Brandon -
I understand what you're saying about it being a press release, but notice that all the data comes from comScore - the...
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Brandon Hoffman replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
AB,
"Yellowpages.com had more local business searches than GOOGLE the first quarter of this year...just search google news for...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
I'd like to weigh-in on the anti-Yellowpages.com side of the debate.
Google is the NEW Yellow Pages.
Invest "other" ad monies into...
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AB replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
How much incremental traffic could Yellowpages.com push my way?
Depends on the geography you advertise in and how high you are up on...
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stephen mcgrew replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
So look at it this way....It costs you less than $200 per month to be exposed to over 600 people looking for your services. This is an...
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stephen mcgrew replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
I actually work for yellowpages.com and I was in the car business for 4 years prior. Lets face it guys...sales is for the most part a...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
They're hitting us pretty hard right now too. They've come down on their prices so much that it almost is a no-brainer, but I still...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
We advertise in Superpages.com and get a nearly unmeasuable amount of click thrus.
The traffic that I see comes from several phone book...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
In the 4 years since I've been here I've cut Yellow Pages PRINT ad spending by 90%. Currently, We're an advertiser in...
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Brandon Hoffman replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
Jeff,
Check out how the YellowPage reps responded to our comments on xbmanx.com post: Internet Yellow Pages SUCK!
xBMANx
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Gerald replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
Jeff- I think you are on target. This is another illustration of a medium that is bygone now trying desperately to hang on to the...
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EJ replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
I have mixed experience here. When I worked at a dealership, the owner wanted an ad in the phone book, and an online placement, but...
umer.autojini replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
Jeff, are you talking about the print version or PPC on yellow pages... As online most yellow pages have PPC above the fold... for PPC...
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Lao Shi replied to the thread Are the "Online Phonebook" services like Yellowpages worth anything?.
Many businesses are opting out on phonebook ads, yellow page.com ads and just taking the minimum listing. Budgeting ad dollars in these...
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Ryan Gerardi replied to the thread Google and eBay duke it out!.
A comment on a Grok post about this subject cites a quote that eBay spends "less than $25 million a quarter" which leads me to think...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Google and eBay duke it out!.
Ebay once was the Goliath of the net. CEO Meg Whitman killed ebay when she raised listing fees hgher and higher (and higher) there by...
umer.autojini replied to the thread Google and eBay duke it out!.
Quite a few eBay affiliates run Adwords for eBay also... so that helps them cover lot of keywords. I wish I was one their top affiliates...
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Corey replied to the thread Google and eBay duke it out!.
http://www.tacticaltechnique.com/advertising/google-vs-ebay/
Your trackbacks are still broken :)
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Lao Shi replied to the thread Google and eBay duke it out!.
Yahoo has been having some major internal issues for some time now. The recent shareholders meeting have pointed this out clearly.
Just...
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Brandon Hoffman replied to the thread Google and eBay duke it out!.
"I would think that eBay would have way more to loose here then Google."
I 100% agree!
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Jeff, Internet Sales Mgr. replied to the thread Autobase gets bought by Dominion Enterprises..
Autobase was, is, and forever will be antiquated and useless. Avoid this horrible software AND the antiquated equipment that comes with...
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David Goodison replied to the thread Autobase gets bought by Dominion Enterprises..
Back in 2002 DM was interested in buying my company but we weren't in the market to sell. ProResponse has been around since 1998 (before...
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Bryan Anderson replied to the thread Autobase gets bought by Dominion Enterprises..
I can promise you that we will be much faster and more responsive to market demands with Dominion then we were with a VC. A VC's...
jocks@dealerpeak.com replied to the thread Autobase gets bought by Dominion Enterprises..
It puzzles me that these large companies buy these products, but most often the only integration they do is done by their marketing...