Top Ranked Search Terms - Death and Taxes Still CertainIf WhitePages or YellowPages were competent businesses, the three people-search related terms in this list wouldn’t be considered “non-branded”.  Their failure lies in that they refuse to see a revenue value in embracing and answering what users want behind these generic searches.  Instead they spend their time squeezing every last dollar out of a dwindling business model and ad market, with quarter-to-quarter panic.  I regret the years I fought for user-centered thinking at WhitePages.

Top Ranked Search Terms - Death and Taxes Still Certain

If WhitePages or YellowPages were competent businesses, the three people-search related terms in this list wouldn’t be considered “non-branded”.  Their failure lies in that they refuse to see a revenue value in embracing and answering what users want behind these generic searches.  Instead they spend their time squeezing every last dollar out of a dwindling business model and ad market, with quarter-to-quarter panic. 

I regret the years I fought for user-centered thinking at WhitePages.

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