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by jshen 4817 days ago
"Internet yellow pages is crazy boring, stupidly profitable"

How is it stupidly profitable? I used to work at YP.com and they make all their money on the dead tree book

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perhaps he meant the industry in general (of listing merchants) rather than the Yellow Pages company specifically.
How does the industry in general make its money?