Directories

James Moore: What's in a name? Yell has to tackle its crisis

22 May 2012

Outlook Yell has a problem. The stumbling directories business that used to be known as Yellow Pages has become a byword for bad management and bad debt. (It has a mountain of the stuff which needs restructuring. Again.) Not to mention the fact that the internet has presented all sorts of challenges to its business model.

Outlook black for Yellow Pages group Yell

22 May 2012

(Reuters) - Phone directories company Yell Group acknowledged the depth of its financial distress on Tuesday as it struggles with a dying core business and over 2 billion pounds worth of debt, much of which it must repay in two years time. The company, which publishes paper phone books around the world, said it would try to address its troubles with a corporate restructuring, and increased focus ...

Did Google Drop 100+ Small Directories?

16 May 2012

Yesterday I covered a WebmasterWorld thread where SEOs were complaining that Google has been removing tons of free web directories from their index. I conducted some random tests and did notice some of these free web directories not coming up in Google.