Yellow Pages
Phone book section
Yellow Pages is a telephone directory organized by business category rather than alphabetically by name—you look under "Plumbers" or "Restaurants" to find services.
Named for the yellow paper that distinguished it from the white pages of residential listings.
Let your fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages was the advertising slogan.
The format has largely migrated online, though the phrase persists: I found a locksmith in the Yellow Pages.
Printed telephone listing
- listingsPublished directory contents
- alphabeticalOrdered by letter sequence
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- categoriesGroups of related things
businesses · contacts · addresses · telephone · finder · lookup · guide · register
Promoting goods to consumers
- adsPaid promotional messages
- classifiedsBrief newspaper advertisements
- display adsVisual online advertisements
- listingsPublished directory contents
promotions · sponsors · branding · circulation · exposure · ad space · rates · placement
No longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- defunctNo longer existing
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- digitizedConverted to electronic format
discontinued · smartphone era · Yelp · relics
Stationary wired telephone
- analogComparable equivalent
- thumbingPaging with digit
- dog-earedCorners folded from use
- rotary phoneCircular-dial telephone
doorstep delivery · kitchen drawer · phone booth · vintage · memories · bygone era · retro
Pipe installation tradespeople
- electriciansTradespeople handling power systems
- locksmithsSecurity hardware specialists
- dentistsOral health practitioners
- attorneysLicensed legal practitioners
restaurants · landscaping · roofing · cleaning services · pest control · movers · florists · HVAC
phonebook
Printed telephone listing
- listingsPublished directory contents
- alphabeticalOrdered by letter sequence
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
categories · businesses · contacts · addresses · telephone · finder · lookup · guide · register · catalogue
marketing
Promoting goods to consumers
- adsPaid promotional messages
- classifiedsBrief newspaper advertisements
- display adsVisual online advertisements
listings · promotions · sponsors · branding · circulation · exposure · ad space · rates · placement · business listings
outdated
No longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- defunctNo longer existing
- replacedRemoved and substituted
digitized · discontinued · smartphone era · Yelp · relics
landline
Stationary wired telephone
rotary phone · doorstep delivery · kitchen drawer · phone booth · vintage · memories · bygone era · retro
plumbers
Pipe installation tradespeople
- electriciansTradespeople handling power systems
- locksmithsSecurity hardware specialists
- dentistsOral health practitioners
attorneys · restaurants · landscaping · roofing · cleaning services · pest control · movers · florists · HVAC · towing
- web directoriesbusiness listings, phone books, company profiles, Yelp, event listings
- Pre-digitalrotary phone, telegram, telegraph, typewriter, phone booth
- old mediabooks, radio, newspaper, newspapers, television
Yellow PagesGoogle
Dominant web search provider
Yelp · Google Search · online directory · Google Maps · smartphone app
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