YPG goes shopping, ramps up search

A busy week for Canada’s Yellow Pages Group: It announced Monday the acquisition of two dot-com companies. Clear Sky Media Inc. runs the high-profile RedFlagDeals.com, a “provider of online promotions and shopping tools for Canadians, with an estimated 2.2 million unique visitors per month,” as well as PriceCanada.com. YPG also picked up the 411.ca brand and “an ownership interest” in 411 Local Search Corp., to eliminate confusion with YPG’s dominant Canada411.ca online directory. Terms of the purchases were not released. And last Thursday, YPG announced its new suite of search engine services for small businesses, including a pretty cool video. Like all directory companies, YPG no doubt hears Google’s winged chariot hurrying near, as in this New York Times piece on $25-a-month SMB “enhanced listings”.

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