The yellow pages industry is seeing a small but growing trend in the technological world with the steady advance of mobile advertising.

Simba Information's Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising examines the state of the U.S. yellow pages directory publishing industry with a focus on mobile advertising in terms of revenue, growth and market share for leading publishers, as well as trends and forces that are shaping the market overall.

Although revenue for total U.S. advertising media has declined in recent years due to weak economic conditions, yellow pages advertising has experienced growth in the 2% range for the last few years, before witnessing a slight decline in 2008. Simba provides a glance into the past, present and future of yellow pages advertising by segment—print, online and mobile.

Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising includes industry revenue forecasts, industry usage figures and comprehensive profiles of leading companies.

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Stamford, CT-Sept. 10, 2009-The yellow pages industry is seeing a small but growing trend in the technological world with the steady advance of mobile advertising as nearly 85% of the U.S. population carried cell phones in 2008, according to Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising 2009-2010, a new report published this week from media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information. The report examines the industry with a focus on mobile advertising in terms of revenue, growth and market share for leading publishers, as well as trends and forces that are shaping the market overall.

Simba, which estimates 83.2 million people used mobile search last year, projects that number will grow to 117.5 million in 2009. “As the mobile market increases, mobile search, which allows users to search for services and information using a mobile phone or other handheld mobile device, is gaining in both popularity and frequency of use with 27.4% of the population in the U.S. using mobile search in 2008,” said Valerie Montinat, lead author of the Simba study. “All a user has to do is reach into their pocket and within seconds depending on the speed of their mobile device, they can access the Internet to get news, information, directions, yellow pages listings, music and videos.” Yellow Pages: Market Shift to Mobile Advertising 2009-2010 includes industry revenue forecasts, industry usage figures and comprehensive profiles of leading companies.

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