The demise of the phone book
#21
Posted 07 October 2011 - 11:31 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#22
Posted 08 October 2011 - 06:34 AM
Who needs the Yellow Pages when there are up-to-date, accurate online listings that are never wrong?
You gotta search for Romeo's Place, not Romeo Pizza, and they all come up
Know it all.
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#23
Posted 08 October 2011 - 06:47 AM
Results for Specht's pets in Victoria
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-City of Victoria website, 2009
#24
Posted 08 October 2011 - 06:51 AM
As with any service we all must work to the lowest common demoninator, thats why we have slow speed limits, helmet laws, cigarette nannies, free needles etc....BC is amazingly full of slow witted people and it the job of the nanny state to remind everyone of this, therefore a simple phone book is actually quite valuable to those that dont have access to the net or a smart phone...duh!
#25
Posted 08 October 2011 - 10:32 AM
Finally, in the past year they revamped the agreement making YP ads optional and allowed us to internet market. Once we got the website up and got into Google places our business increased by a third. We were amazed how many said, "Oh, I saw on your website...".
I think YP is still a necessary evil in some business' and like the other poster said, some people aren't that tech savvy. Once when my Shaw modem broke and wanted to call them, I realized I didn't have their number or a phone book, I had to ask a neighbor to find the number for me.
#26
Posted 08 October 2011 - 10:37 AM
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#27
Posted 08 October 2011 - 11:26 AM
#28
Posted 08 October 2011 - 11:29 AM
The problem with the internet - you can't google a company that you don't know exists It is nice to have a list of all the companies that provide a service.
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#29
Posted 08 October 2011 - 12:24 PM
The problem with the internet - you can't google a company that you don't know exists
Sure you can... http://lmgtfy.com/?q... "dog grooming". I didn't know any of those businesses existed...
#30
Posted 08 October 2011 - 07:15 PM
Once when my Shaw modem broke and wanted to call them, I realized I didn't have their number or a phone book, I had to ask a neighbor to find the number for me.
Good thing you didn't have Shaw telephone service or you would have had to borrow a phone as well.
#31
Posted 08 October 2011 - 09:08 PM
#32
Posted 15 October 2011 - 10:25 PM
I just realized I know the tech support lines for both shaw and telus off the top of my head. Shoot me now.I think YP is still a necessary evil in some business' and like the other poster said, some people aren't that tech savvy. Once when my Shaw modem broke and wanted to call them, I realized I didn't have their number or a phone book, I had to ask a neighbor to find the number for me.
#33
Posted 15 October 2011 - 10:36 PM
I just realized I know the tech support lines for both shaw and telus off the top of my head. Shoot me now.
My first computer had so many problems I still have the serial number memorized... 14 years later.
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#34
Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:01 PM
Fifty Victoria employees of Canpages, a telephone directory maker, are among 700 in B.C. and Alberta reported to have lost their jobs due to declining advertising revenues.
Workers arriving at Canpages' Central Saanich office on Tuesday were greeted by a sign on the door referring them to the head office of Yellow Media in Montreal.
http://www.timescolo...3634/story.html
#35
Posted 18 February 2012 - 04:14 PM
As with any service we all must work to the lowest common demoninator, thats why we have slow speed limits, helmet laws, cigarette nannies, free needles etc....BC is amazingly full of slow witted people and it the job of the nanny state to remind everyone of this, therefore a simple phone book is actually quite valuable to those that dont have access to the net or a smart phone...duh!
I reposted this because it needed saying again.
http, I know Shaw's number off the top of my head too (475-5655) but I should since i've called them dozens of times over the years.
I just got the Telus phone directory the other day and I couldn't believe how much lighter and thinner it felt. Anyone else notice that?
#36
Posted 18 February 2012 - 04:50 PM
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#37
Posted 18 February 2012 - 05:22 PM
#38
Posted 18 February 2012 - 05:25 PM
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#39
Posted 18 February 2012 - 08:28 PM
...the restauraunt you want to order from doesn't have a website.
It's 2012, I find it outrageous that EVERY restaurant doesn't have a presence on the interwebs.
#40
Posted 18 February 2012 - 09:48 PM
It's 2012, I find it outrageous that EVERY restaurant doesn't have a presence on the interwebs.
Also handy for when you're ordering Chinese food and you don't know how to spell the name of the place in Google
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