What’s happening to the yellow pages? I’ve been using Google instead – that’s the answer.

Before internet, it rarely seemed a bother to open the book and scan for the business listing you were trying to find. Often part of the fun was figuring out what category the business was listed under. I’ll bet we all got caught looking for “motels” and were directed to “hotels”. Or, what about looking up “cars” and being directed to “automobile”? How about “store” and “retail”? Gosh, I miss that cat and mouse game.

I’m not implying that Google takes the fun out of finding business listings – in fact, I kind of enjoy being asked “did you mean…?” I find myself talking to my computer revealing intimately that “of course I meant “pizza” and not “peeza”. That Google is so smart!

I looked at my new yellow pages and decided it will remain on my shelf for another year. There are really good pizza deals and coupons in the back pages.