Yellowbook - Helping America Break its Google Habit

Gotham New York helped Yellowbook take on the might of Google by laying claim to a specific kind of occasion: a 'Yellowbook moment'.

Yellowbook – Helping America Break its Google Habit

Gotham New York

It often seems that Google's march to complete market dominance in search is a foregone conclusion.

This paper shares the experience of one brand that wasn't ready to just throw in the towel. It's the improbable story of how an 80-year-old brand in the directory services category, the most analog seeming of businesses, found a way to co-exist with Google, and even thrive, despite Google's concerted effort to gain share in local search at its expense.

The planning team recognized early on that we were a specialist going up...

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