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Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising 2009-2010

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September 4, 2009
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The yellow pages industry is seeing a small but growing trend in the technological world with the steady advance of mobile advertising.

Simba Information's Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising examines the state of the U.S. yellow pages directory publishing industry with a focus on mobile advertising in terms of revenue, growth and market share for leading publishers, as well as trends and forces that are shaping the market overall.

Although revenue for total U.S. advertising media has declined in recent years due to weak economic conditions, yellow pages advertising has experienced growth in the 2% range for the last few years, before witnessing a slight decline in 2008. Simba provides a glance into the past, present and future of yellow pages advertising by segment—print, online and mobile.

Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising includes industry revenue forecasts, industry usage figures and comprehensive profiles of leading companies.

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Stamford, CT-Sept. 10, 2009-The yellow pages industry is seeing a small but growing trend in the technological world with the steady advance of mobile advertising as nearly 85% of the U.S. population carried cell phones in 2008, according to Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising 2009-2010, a new report published this week from media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information. The report examines the industry with a focus on mobile advertising in terms of revenue, growth and market share for leading publishers, as well as trends and forces that are shaping the market overall.

Simba, which estimates 83.2 million people used mobile search last year, projects that number will grow to 117.5 million in 2009. “As the mobile market increases, mobile search, which allows users to search for services and information using a mobile phone or other handheld mobile device, is gaining in both popularity and frequency of use with 27.4% of the population in the U.S. using mobile search in 2008,” said Valerie Montinat, lead author of the Simba study. “All a user has to do is reach into their pocket and within seconds depending on the speed of their mobile device, they can access the Internet to get news, information, directions, yellow pages listings, music and videos.” Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising 2009-2010 includes industry revenue forecasts, industry usage figures and comprehensive profiles of leading companies.

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Chapter 1: Overview of Mobile Advertising: What is Mobile Advertising?; Overview of U.S. Advertising Industry; Yellow Pages Industry; Usage Numbers Decline Slightly; Yellow Pages Advertising Rates; Yellow Pages Advertising Revenue at Regional Bell Operating Cos.; Independent Publishers vs. Non-Bell Publishers vs. RBOC Publishers; Mobile Activity Among Key Publishers; Table 1.1: Mobile Subscribers vs. U.S. Population; Table 1.2: Mobile Search vs. U.S. Population; Table 1.3: Mobile Marketing Association Global Code of Conduct; Table 1.4: Revenue Growth in All U.S. Advertising Media, 2006-2009P; Table 1.5: National vs. Local Advertising Revenue, 2006-2009P; Table 1.6: Yellow Pages Advertising Compared to Local Advertising and All Advertising, 2006-2009P; Table 1.7: Yellow Pages Share of U.S. Advertising, 2002-2009P; Table 1.8: National vs. Local Yellow Pages Advertising, 2006-2009P; Table 1.9: Yellow Pages Growth Rates, 1990-2009P; Table 1.10: Yellow Pages References, 2006-2008; Table 1.11: Print Yellow Pages References, Top 20 Headings, 2007-2008; Table 1.12: Internet Yellow Pages References, Top 20 Headings, 2007-2008; Table 1.13: Average Advertising Rate Increases, 25 Top RBOC Directories, 1990-2009; Table 1.14: DHC Rates in 25 Top Directories by RBOC Publishers, 2008-2009; Table 1.15: RBOC Yellow Pages Revenue, 2007-2009P; Table 1.16: RBOC Revenue Change, 1998-2008; Table 1.17: Yellow Pages Revenue Growth by Publisher Category, 1996-2010P; Table 1.18: Yellow Pages Market Share by Type of Publisher, 1996-2010P
Chapter 2: Mobile and Yellow Pages Mobile Advertising: Mobile Advertising; Yellow Pages Mobile Advertising; Table 2.1: Print, Internet, Mobile Share of Annual Yellow Pages Market, 2007-2010P; Table 2.2: Yellow Pages Mobile Advertising Compared to Mobile Advertising and All Advertising, 2007-2010P; Table 2.3: U.S. Mobile Advertising (Search and Display) Compared to All Advertising, 2006-2009P
Chapter 3: Forecasts and Conclusions: Market Forecast; Conclusions; Table 3.1: Mobile Search Users vs. Non-Mobile Search Users, 2008E; Table 3.2: Mobile Search Users vs. Non-Mobile Search Users, 2009P; Table 3.3: Mobile Users vs. Non-Mobile Users, 2008E
Chapter 4: Profiles of Key Publishers: AT&T Advertising Solutions; Idearc Media; Local Insight Media; R.H. Donnelley; Yellowbook; Yellow Pages Group

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