Yahoo! Integrates RealPages.com Directory Information from BellSouth on Yahoo! Yellow Pages; Enhanced Yahoo! Yellow Pages Directory Information Gives Users More Premium Content.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000 Yahoo!(R) (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ) Yellow Pages (http://yp.yahoo.com), the Web's No. 1 national yellow pages directory (Media Metrix, April 2000(i)) today announced it has incorporated RealPages.com(SM) from BellSouth (R) content for the Southeastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. into its service, providing Internet users with premier yellow pages data from this region. The implementation reinforces Yahoo! Yellow Pages' position as the No. 1 national online yellow pages directory and gives RealPages.com advertisers national online exposure to Yahoo!'s vast audience. Online consumers will now have a greater breadth of information that helps them find the businesses and services they need more easily. "Yahoo! is committed to bringing our users the richest local data available, so we are pleased to be working with BellSouth to bring high-quality yellow pages information to our site," said Niki Pandey, senior producer of Yahoo! Yellow Pages and Yahoo! Maps Yahoo! Maps is a free online mapping portal provided by Yahoo!. News
RealPages.com content includes not only business listings, but also goes a step further by offering information such as business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a , payment methods accepted, and links to Web sites. "We are delighted to team with Yahoo! to bring the best yellow pages directory in the Southeast, RealPages.com, and match it with one of the most popular destinations on the Internet, ultimately benefiting consumers. Now, buyers have even better information from which to make local purchasing Local purchasing is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services over those produced more distantly. It is very often abbreviated as a positive goal 'buy local' to parallel the phrase think globally, act locally common in green politics. decisions," said Laurie Scholl, BellSouth IntelliVentures senior business manager. The agreement marks the first time a regional Bell company has worked with an online yellow pages directory to distribute its information in this way. Additionally, BellSouth is the first regional Bell company to provide Yahoo! with yellow pages data, thereby providing those who use Yahoo! Yellow Pages up to date information. Beyond offering people superior yellow pages information, Yahoo! Yellow Pages listings include easy links to Yahoo! Maps (http://maps.yahoo.com), the leading map directory on the Internet (Media Metrix, April 2000(ii)), where people can use interactive maps to locate a business. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 145 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company also provides online business services designed to enhance the Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients, including audio and video streaming, store hosting and management, and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 22 local World properties outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. , and is headquartered in Santa Clara. Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. (i) Category as defined by Yahoo! includes Ameritech YP, At Hand YP, Bellsouth RealPages.com, Big Foot, BigBook, BigYellow, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Superpages, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). Sidewalk Yellow Pages, Smartpages, US West Dex DEX - A cross between Modula-2 and C by W. van Oortmerssen. Amiga version 1.2. , Vicinity and Zip2. (ii) Category as defined by Yahoo! includes MapBlast, MapQuest, MapsOnUs and Vicinity. |
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