A new look at the Classified Advertising Industry
The Yellowpages Groups in Canada has launched their new 2007/2008 print directory in Montreal. The Yellowpage Pages Group publishes more than 340 annual directories across Canada and runs the industry leading Yellowpages.ca web site. The most interesting aspect of the launch announce is the
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In a response to increased driving and parking fees in the London core, the Sun UK Newspaper has expanded its classified section to focus on parking services. An excellent example of a classified provider seeing a market need and adapting quickly to provide service for the category. The servic
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Finditt.com has added Dating to its list of Classified Services. Finditt.com has done reasonably well as a search engine/business directory but has recently been expanding into more of the classified markets. The focus for Finditt.com seems to be on creating small micro-sites for different bus
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Rocky Mount Telegram has announced a new look to their classified section. The new layout is clean and clear featuring 4 distinct searches for Real Estate, Merchandise, Employment and Automotive. The search for each of these categories was quick and easy to navigate with an RSS/XML export option fo
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White Directory Publishers, a division of Hearst Holding, has partnered with BIAP to become the exclusive sales force for Yellowpages TV listings. BIAP is one of the leading technology companies in the the new interactive TV listings marketing and has created the Yellowpages TV listing services fo
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InfoSpace Inc has sold its Directory Business to Directory Publisher Idearc Inc for a reported $225M USD. The flagship of the Infospace Directory Business, Switchboard.com, was also included in the deal as well as all Yellowpages and Whitepages publishing businesses. Idearc Inc, is itself a new
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Highrises.com has launched a new classified section focus on the classified market. Highrises.com has been focused on providingReal Estate information around the Condomium and HighRise markets. The site has typically focused on new buildings and professionally listed properties from Real Est
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Stuff.co.nz is reporting on an interesting case in New Zealand where Registered Therapists were required to be listed in the same Directory Category as less reputable massage parlors. The perception among many Registered Therapists was that they were being included with Brothel operators. T
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SellandRentbyOwner.com has launched into the already competitive market of free classified sites. The focus of the site is on Real Estate, Automotive, Recreational Vehicles and Boats. The site is well designed and fairly easy to place listings. One area we didn't like was forcing the user to crea
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Another job site has just stepped on the scene, but their primary focus does not seem to be jobs. Beyond.com differs greatly from the already existing job sites, as it boasts of a network of 15, 000 other websites that through advertising with them, an employer can take advantage of. Their netw
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While not your typically Classified site but MLS.ca or the Multiple Listing Service cannot be ignored. The MLS.ca site ...
FreeAdLists.com has launched a free classified service worldwide. All classified ads are free and can be placed by geog...
In addition to providing a classified republishing system, Edgeio, has announced that they will provide a paid content d...
