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<small>> [[RecentChanges.info]]</small> | <small>> [[RecentChanges.info]]</small> | ||
'''Yell threatens to shut down Yellowikis''' | '''Yell threatens to shut down Yellowikis''' | ||
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Paul Youlten said: "This threat from Yell to shut us down looks like a sign of desperation. The whole yellow pages industry is in crisis. Use of the paper directories is collapsing as people get broadband Internet connections in their homes. Small and medium sized businesses are beginning to notice that their customers are ringing them up and saying 'I found you on Google' and not 'I found you in the yellow pages'." | Paul Youlten said: "This threat from Yell to shut us down looks like a sign of desperation. The whole yellow pages industry is in crisis. Use of the paper directories is collapsing as people get broadband Internet connections in their homes. Small and medium sized businesses are beginning to notice that their customers are ringing them up and saying 'I found you on Google' and not 'I found you in the yellow pages'." | ||
Rosa Blaus said: "Maybe they are a bit jealous of Yellowikis because we allow companies to add videos, skype IDs, email addresses, instant messaging, in as many categories and languages as they like for free." | Rosa Blaus said: "Maybe they are a bit jealous of [[Yellowikis]] because we allow companies to add videos, skype IDs, email addresses, instant messaging, in as many categories and languages as they like for free." | ||
Rosa Blaus suggested to her father that they set up Yellowikis after she noticed small businesses were deleted from Wikipedia for not being "encyclopaedic". | Rosa Blaus suggested to her father that they set up Yellowikis after she noticed small businesses were deleted from Wikipedia for not being "encyclopaedic". | ||
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The threat of legal action came after an article published in ''The Independent'' newspaper mentioned Yellowikis. | The threat of legal action came after an article published in ''The Independent'' newspaper mentioned Yellowikis. | ||
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via our [http://recentchanges.info/?p=89 weblog] via [[WikiNews]] [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Yell_threatens_to_shut_down_Yellowikis] | |||