Eliminate Yellow Pages

innerSpaceman · 10-17-2008, 11:37 AM

oh, and i LIVE by the Thomas Guide. I NEVER follow internet directions, they always suck. And I hate having to zoom in and out of maps to get a feel for the area and how I get there from other areas.

Plus, I don't have internet access in my car.

And, yeah, I'll admit the physical phonebook has some uses. There are, as GD says, certain types of important services better advertised physically. The internet search engines are not necessarily geared to what serves you best as a customer. And I like having seating diagrams of all the big sports and entertainment venues in one easy place.

Andrew · 10-17-2008, 11:50 AM

When I was a motorcycle courier for a Century City law firm, the Thomas Guide was invaluable -- in fact most directions and destinations were given in T.G. map coordinates. But that was ... let's see ... fifteen years ago.

Now, if a business doesn't have a Web presence -- at the bare minimum, a listing in Google Maps/Local -- they're dead to me. I have Google Maps on my GPS-enabled phone, plus GPS in my car. Why do I need a thick wad of dead tree?

10-17-2008, 11:37 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	oh, and i LIVE by the Thomas Guide. I NEVER follow internet directions, they always suck. And I hate having to zoom in and out of maps to get a feel for the area and how I get there from other areas. Plus, I don't have internet access in my car. And, yeah, I'll admit the physical phonebook has some uses. There are, as GD says, certain types of important services better advertised physically. The internet search engines are not necessarily geared to what serves you best as a customer. And I like having seating diagrams of all the big sports and entertainment venues in one easy place.
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Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	When I was a motorcycle courier for a Century City law firm, the Thomas Guide was invaluable -- in fact most directions and destinations were given in T.G. map coordinates. But that was ... let's see ... fifteen years ago. Now, if a business doesn't have a Web presence -- at the bare minimum, a listing in Google Maps/Local -- they're dead to me. I have Google Maps on my GPS-enabled phone, plus GPS in my car. Why do I need a thick wad of dead tree? __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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