Yellow Pages

[felix_unger]

I'm finding the YP next to useless these days. It throws up way too many
entries from all over the place, regardless of how specific the search
term is. Are they trying to appear more relevant?.. as in able to find
more entries likely to be of interest.. in fear of the increasing use of
Google for searches? If so then it's having the opposite effect.

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rgds,

Pete
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[Rod Speed]

felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote

> I'm finding the YP next to useless these days.

I just used it today for the address of a place that didn’t
show up properly in maps.google or the apple mapper.

It throws up way too many entries from all over the place, regardless of
how specific the search term is.

I got the YP entry using google on the operation's name.

> Are they trying to appear more relevant?..

Or trying to be more useful...

as in able to find more entries likely to be of interest.. in fear of the
increasing use of Google for searches? If so then it's having the opposite
effect.

Not if you use google to get their entry.

 

[hislop]

On 30/06/2014 9:35 PM, Rod Speed wrote:

felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote

I'm finding the YP next to useless these days.

I just used it today for the address of a place that didn’t
show up properly in maps.google or the apple mapper.

It throws up way too many entries from all over the place, regardless
of how specific the search term is.

I got the YP entry using google on the operation's name.

Are they trying to appear more relevant?..

Or trying to be more useful...

as in able to find more entries likely to be of interest.. in fear of
the increasing use of Google for searches? If so then it's having the
opposite effect.

Not if you use google to get their entry.

They're trying to please people who don't care about specific results,
many search engines are going like that.

 

[Rod Speed]

hislop <takecarebeware@gmail.com> wrote

Rod Speed wrote
felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote

I'm finding the YP next to useless these days.

I just used it today for the address of a place that didn’t
show up properly in maps.google or the apple mapper.

It throws up way too many entries from all over the place, regardless of
how specific the search term is.

I got the YP entry using google on the operation's name.

Are they trying to appear more relevant?..

Or trying to be more useful...

as in able to find more entries likely to be of interest.. in fear of
the increasing use of Google for searches? If so then it's having the
opposite effect.

Not if you use google to get their entry.

They're trying to please people who don't care about specific results,

They have always attempted to provide a useful service.

> many search engines are going like that.

YP isnt a search engine.

 

[felix_unger]

On 30-June-2014 9:35 PM, Rod Speed wrote:

felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote

I'm finding the YP next to useless these days.

I just used it today for the address of a place that didn’t
show up properly in maps.google or the apple mapper.

It throws up way too many entries from all over the place, regardless
of how specific the search term is.

I got the YP entry using google on the operation's name.

Are they trying to appear more relevant?..

Or trying to be more useful...

how is it more useful if I enter a suburb and get listings from all over
melbourne and am not able to confine the results to that suburb? and
don't try to tell me I can since I've tried all ways

as in able to find more entries likely to be of interest.. in fear of
the increasing use of Google for searches? If so then it's having the
opposite effect.

Not if you use google to get their entry.

--
rgds,

Pete
-------
election results explained: http://ausnet.info/pics/labor_wins2.jpg
“People sleep peacefully in their beds only because rough
men stand ready to do violence on their behalf”

 

[Rod Speed]

felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote

Rod Speed wrote
felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote

I'm finding the YP next to useless these days.

I just used it today for the address of a place that didn’t
show up properly in maps.google or the apple mapper.

It throws up way too many entries from all over the place, regardless of
how specific the search term is.

I got the YP entry using google on the operation's name.

Are they trying to appear more relevant?..

Or trying to be more useful...

how is it more useful if I enter a suburb and get listings from all over
melbourne and am not able to confine the results to that suburb?

Not everyone wants to do that.

There are other ways to search for stuff that’s within
some specified radius of your current location. That’s
much more useful than by suburb.

and don't try to tell me I can since I've tried all ways

as in able to find more entries likely to be of interest.. in fear of
the increasing use of Google for searches? If so then it's having the
opposite effect.

Not if you use google to get their entry.

 

[SolomonW]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:13:51 +1000, felix_unger wrote:

I'm finding the YP next to useless these days. It throws up way too many
entries from all over the place, regardless of how specific the search
term is. Are they trying to appear more relevant?.. as in able to find
more entries likely to be of interest.. in fear of the increasing use of
Google for searches? If so then it's having the opposite effect.

The users pay for the searches, that is why there are so many.



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