Google is the new Yellow Pages. Or, Snowblower Rant

January 13th, 2009

I have a snowblower that needs fixing, and am having a surprising amount of difficulty finding someone in my area who can fix it. Within my predicament lies the foundation for today’s video post. Which is more of a rant, really.

I must say I felt much better after getting that recorded. Rants can be somewhat cathartic.

So, anybody know a good snowblower repair place in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area?

UPDATE It’s funny, but today–the day after I posted this rant–the blog iMedia Connection has published an article about this very topic–with some numbers to back it up. It’s called “Yellow Pages loses fans to search-engine enthusiasts” and you should check it out at http://www.imediaconnection.com/news/21680.asp .

UPDATE 2 Comments closed on this post because it looks like some folks are exploiting my dofollow comment policy without really adding to the conversation. (Your folks named you Foreclosure Plan? Really? Yeah, didn’t think so.) I talk more about this in a newer post on establishing a comments policy.

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22 Responses to “Google is the new Yellow Pages. Or, Snowblower Rant”

  1. I like Google maps when I want to force google to give me localized results.

    BTW, did a quick check for “snowblower repair kalamazoo” on google and the number one (web, not maps) hit has changed over the last couple of weeks. :)

  2. Ha! That is hilarious and wrong.

    Good point about Google Maps, in that it is helpful in finding the businesses. It still doesn’t address the whole tell-me-what-I-want-to-know problem, but it does save a few steps in getting contact info.

    It’s also distressing that in the Google Maps search for “snowblower repair Kalamazoo”, the only result for a business that actually is in Kalamazoo is a review on ripoffreport.com. :(

  3. Can you provide more information on this?

  4. I would be happy to. More information on what, precisely?

    Unless you’re just looking or linkjuice…?

  5. I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

  6. Good work! Will be reading more from you!

  7. Oh, well, uh… Okay, then! Welcome!

  8. Thanks, Josh. Thanks for stopping by!

  9. I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

  10. Very informative but I falied to understand the last part…

  11. Great stuff. Nice to read some well written posts. A long way between them.

  12. Great blog. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!

  13. Thanks for this. Just subscribed.

  14. I readed several posts of your blog, but never taked the time to say thank you. Just that.

    Julie.

  15. That’s an interesting article. I just wondered if you could tell me where to find more info on this topic ?

  16. It was great to go through the stuff posted on your blog. Look forward to more useful posts in future.

  17. I Love your blog on google and have read many of your posts. Excellent. Keep up the good work!!!

  18. Looks like I found another great site to add to my feed reader. Mark

  19. I really liked your blog! Thank you, I would come back to read some more

  20. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

  21. Whattadya know, another site to add to my reader! Google blog search has you pretty well indexed! Mark

  22. Great post. The video made me laugh :)

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