Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[TJ Parker]

"The Yellow pages analogy is a good one. But, the Yellow pages only contains those ads which are paid for. I use Google for what I hope is an all-encompassing search."

exactly, but they contain LISTINGS for all businesses. in tiny little type, true.

look at yahoo, for example. they haven't actually gotten rid of the huge web directory that they began as. they haven't even modified it to emphasize advertisers. but advertisers are given more prominence etc etc over time, in other places. you have to wade through them to get to the directories. sort of like them going from being the new york times of the web to being the la weekly or the village voice. pretty soon it'll be more like the pennysaver.