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YELLOWPAGES.COM Fact Sheet

Internet Yellow Pages (IYP) and Local Search YELLOWPAGES.COM
HQ Office 611 N. Brand Blvd, 5th Floor
Glendale, CA 91203
URL www.yellowpages.com
Key Executive David Krantz, President
Ownership YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T.
History YELLOWPAGES.COM combined three leading Internet Yellow Pages sites – SMARTpages.com, RealPages.com and YellowPages.com – in November 2005.
Year IYP Launched 1996
Network Sites YELLOWPAGES.COM provides advertisers with extended distribution across popular sites where consumers search for local information. The YELLOWPAGES.COM Network provides combined exposure to more than 125 million monthly searches* through the following sites: YELLOWPAGES.COM, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Live Search Maps, MSN Yellow Pages, AOL Yellow Pages, Yahoo! Local, Yahoo! Yellow Pages, AnyWho, Addresses.com, 411.com and AreaGuides.net.
Usage/Key Metrics
Unique Visitors:
The YELLOWPAGES.COM Network receives 33 million unique visitors (November 2006).
Key IYP Offerings and Data Providers
Data Sources:
  • AT&T data used for in-region listings specific to AT&T states.
  • Third-party data used for out-of-region and supplemental listings.
  • Advertiser and merchant-provided "call in" listings.

Search Options:
  • Local city and state or ZIP code name, category and keyword search
    • Directory-level (service area) initial results
    • "Narrow by Area" link to specific city, ZIP code or neighborhood
    • Search by standard cities (USPS "Default") and "vanity" (USPS "Acceptable") cities
  • Area code name, category and keyword search
  • Statewide business name, category and keyword search
  • Nationwide business name, category and keyword search
  • Proximity/distance search (search nearby)
  • Search by popular headings
  • Browse headings by letter, e.g., "a" or "s"
  • Browse for coupons by state, city and category
  • Reverse telephone number look-up
  • Residential search/find a person (data provided by Whitepages.com)
  • Recent searches – recall links to recent searches
  • International Directories
Key Site Features
MY YELLOWPAGES.COM

Users can sign in to MY YELLOWPAGES.COM to

  • Write reviews of favorite local shops and restaurants
  • Save the location they want to search from, such as home or office
  • Save business listings and notes about them
  • Save frequent and helpful searches
  • View saved information from any computer
Local Yellow Pages:

YELLOWPAGES.COM offers useful information in Local Yellow Pages for more than 50 major U.S. cities.

Maps and Driving Directions:

Provided by Microsoft Virtual Earth.

Click-to-Call Functionality:

This feature allows users to place a call to advertisers by clicking on a link ("Call") in the business listing. This is a free service to users and advertisers.

Advertising Products
Directory Products:

YELLOWPAGES.COM offers a variety of priority-ranked advertising products that appear on the Search Results page.

  • "Look Here First": Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association Award-winning ad tile, four positions at top of page, limited inventory item.
  • Banner Advertising: Ad banners are offered at various tiers of prioritization.
All priority placement listing products include:
  • More Info page provides specific information about a business, including products, services, brands, hours, a map and driving directions.
  • Web site link
  • Click-to-call link
Geographic coverage options include:
  • Local: Directory or Service Area
  • Regional: Bundle of multiple contiguous directories
  • Statewide
  • Nationwide
Web Site Products:

YELLOWPAGES.COM offers advertisers a wide range of Web site products as well as e-commerce solutions.

Specialty Ad Products:

Targeted creative advertising on key content areas of the site – and through network distribution on the Web.

Print Ads Online:

Advertisers can place their Yellow Pages display ad on YELLOWPAGES.COM. Ad text is searchable.

Custom Link:

Advertisers can direct consumers to special offers or content areas of their Web site by including a Custom Link on their business listings ad. Custom Links include: Apply Online, Check Inventory, Make a Reservation, Menu, Online Specials, Rates, Shop Online, Show Times and more.

Search Engine Solutions:

YELLOWPAGES.COM offers advertisers the ability to extend their advertising to search engines, with fixed rates, guaranteed clicks packages.

Sales Channels
  • AT&T sells local advertising on YELLOWPAGES.COM through the directory sales channels of AT&T Yellow Pages and Real Yellow Pages within the AT&T directory states.
  • AT&T Yellow Pages — sells local advertising on YELLOWPAGES.COM within the AT&T-branded states.

*Yahoo! Local and Yahoo! Yellow Pages may not be available in all areas.

Media Contact:
Mary Jane Thornburg
mjthornburg@yellowpages.com
818-937-5862

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