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Jun 04, 2009 - Search Engine Land by David Ingram - How To Handle Negative Reviews Of Your Business (NEW)
May 29, 2009 - Forrester Research, Inc. - Online Directories and Internet Yellow Pages in Europe (NEW)
May 29, 2009 - San Francisco Examiner, Suzanna Stinnett - Brownbook.net is an editable global business directory - and it is huge
Apr 28, 2009 - stevegasser.com - A Free Directory That Anyone Can Edit - BrownBook.net
Apr 24, 2009 - techvibes.com - Brownbook.net Launches New Video Ads Service
Apr 22, 2009 - The Guardian, Jemima Kiss: Brownbook and Friday Ad take on the big guys with local video ads
Apr 16, 2009 - ContentPig.com - Business Directories and Breadcrumbs, the Alternative to Google
Apr 12, 2009 - thirdpersonmatt.com - Brownbook Business Site Continues Expansion
Apr 11, 2009 - EveryJoe.com - Brownbook Business Site Continues Expansion
Apr 10, 2009 - CILIP Gazette - Interactive Business Directory Launched
Apr 10, 2009 - crowdsourcingexamples.pbwiki.com - MadebyMany.co.uk’s Anjali Ramachandran adds Brownbook to her list of crowdsourcing sites
Apr 09, 2009 - Search Engine Land by David Ingram - A Google Alternative For Small Business: Breadcrumbs & Business Directories
Apr 08, 2009 - Screenwerk by Greg Sterling - Brownbook Intros Video in the UK
Apr 08, 2009 - Kelsey Group - U.K.’s Brownbook Launches Local Video Ads
Mar 26, 2009 - eMarkets.de B2B Trade - Yellow Pages with Web 2.0 and Wiki Features
Mar 26, 2009 - eMarkets.de B2B Trade - Branchenbuch im Web 2.0 und Wiki Stil
Mar 24, 2009 - Google Street View News - Brownbook.net is The First Ever Business Directory to Support Google Street View
Mar 06, 2009 - Rankings.me - Get found on Google, free directory for small business
Feb 01, 2009 - selectfreeware.com - Brownbook.net - Open Business Directory. What is Brownbook.net?
Jan 19, 2009 - KUHF Houston Public Radio - A new web site called Brownbook melds the Wikipedia concept with the business directory. Ed Mayberry talked with Brownbook’s British developers - LISTEN HERE
Jan 12, 2009 - Red Ferret - Brownbook - the free search directory that anyone can edit
Jan 08, 2009 - Techcrunch - We’re not yelping, now Yelp has arrived, say the local competitors
Jan 07, 2009 - Techcrunch - Cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of war - Yelp launches into UK local reviews battleground
Dec 23, 2008 - The 28-Hour-Day diet - BrownBook Open Data Business Directory
Dec 20, 2008 - Joy Hawkins’ Blog - Cheap Ways to Promote your Website (part 1)
Dec 19, 2008 - Screenwerk by Greg Sterling - Brownbook Joins the DIY Website Crowd
Dec 18, 2008 - Outsell, Inc. - Outsell Publishes Information Industry Outlook 2009; Cites Apple, Elsevier, and LinkedIn Among 30 Innovators to Watch
Dec 15, 2008 - Agent Genius Mag by Ines Hegedus-Garcia - Brownbook.net New World-Wide Business Directory
Dec 12, 2008 - BB Your Way - It’s Nice To Have Friends
Dec 06, 2008 - Scobleizer by Robert Scoble - Will paying the crowd be the new business model?
Dec 04, 2008 - Kelsey Group - Brownbook: Free Wiki-Based Directory Counts on Upsells
Nov 14, 2008 - Canada.com, Times Colonist - Websites superceding Yellow Pages
Nov 7, 2008 - The Gazette (Canada) - Online search tools gaining ground on phone directories
Nov 3, 2008 - Tech Vibes, Rob Lewis - Brownbook.net applies
Wikinomics to the Yellow Pages
Oct 30, 2008 - Wikinomics, Denis Hancock - Wikinomics in Action: Brownbook.net gets prosumers invested for life
Oct 27, 2008 - The Guardian, Jemima Kiss - Elevator Pitch: Brownbook battles for the online directory space
Oct 23, 2008 - directoryblog.webpronews.com by Chris Crum - Directory Pays Users
Oct 23, 2008 - Screenwerk by Greg Sterling - Brownbook Creates Largest ‘Sales Force’
Oct 22, 2008 - Screenwerk by Greg Sterling - Brownbook Offers Users Earnings
Oct 13, 2008 - The Daily Telegraph, Richard Tyler - Small firms switch on to search engine optimization
Oct 03, 2008 - Kelsey Group - Yellow Pages No Longer an Exclusive
Oct 03, 2008 - Outsell Inc., David Worlock - The doorstop is a tombstone
Sep 01, 2008 - Upload Magazine - Harnessing the power of SEO
Aug 28, 2008 - Screenwerk by Greg Sterling - Brownbook the Tortoise in Directories Race?
Aug 28, 2008 - InfoCommerce Group Inc. - Brownbook.net Launches Mobile Platform
Aug 27, 2008 - Screenwerk by Greg Sterling - Brownbook Launches in US Market
Aug 13, 2008 - The Telegraph - Blog on and use web pages to drive up sales opportunities
Aug 07, 2008 - VS Consulting Group - Brownbook The Free Business Directory That Anyone Can Instantly Edit
Jul 31, 2008 - Kelsey Group - Brownbook Following Different Path To IYP Success
Jul 31, 2008 - Intruders TV Interview - Dave Ingram of Brownbook.net the open business directory
Jul 30, 2008 - Wire Service Canada - Commercial Phone Book’s Business Model Threatened
Jul 23, 2008 - Zibb.com - 27 million businesses and growing
Mar 28, 2008 - BBC Click - Evolution of the Social Network (article and VIDEO)
Mar 26, 2008 - Bedford Today - Brown is the new yellow
Mar 25, 2008 - Reading Evening Post - Web Directory Exposes Rogue Firms
Mar 25, 2008 - The Wokingham Times - Web Directory Exposes Rogue Firms
Mar 25, 2008 - Bracknell Forest Standard - Web Directory Exposes Rogue Firms
Mar 10, 2008 - Wear Valley Mercury - Website helps find businesses - with good consumer feedback
Mar 05, 2008 - DoncasterFreePress.co.uk - New website to find the service that you need
Feb 20, 2008 - EveryJoe.com, Uncover The Internet - Brownbook - Local Business Directory Wiki
Feb 20, 2008 - Web User - Brownbook.net rated 4 Stars
Feb 18, 2008 - PCM Interactive Inc. - Are We Shifting from YellowPages to BrownPages?
Feb 13, 2008 - KillerStartups - Brownbook.net, the Open Yellow Pages
Feb 08, 2008 - Info Commerce Group, Inc. - Is Brown the New Yellow?
Feb 06, 2008 - Kelsey Group - U.K.’s Brownbook a Good Web 2.0 Example for IYPs
Feb 06, 2008 - Computer Business Review - Local business directory website The Brownbook launched in UK
Feb 05, 2008 - Computerworld UK - I’ve Got a Little (Brown)Book
Feb 04, 2008 - BCS.org - ‘Wiki’ business directory launched in UK
Feb 04, 2008 - ITPro - Brownbook offers businesses the opportunity to promote by reputation rather than by spending money
Feb 04, 2008 - Yahoo News - launch PR
Feb 04, 2008 - PaidContent.org - The Brownbook: Free Online Local Business Directory Helps Consumers Identify the Good and the Bad Traders
Feb 04, 2008 - FOXBusiness - launch PR
Feb 04, 2008 - Investors.com
Feb 04, 2008 - Sys-Con Media - The Brownbook: Free Online Local Business Directory Helps Consumers Identify the Good and the Bad Traders
Jan 04, 2008 - Screenwerk by Greg Sterling - BrownBook: Wiki Yellow Pages

Press Releases

June 16, 2009 - Brownbook Celebrates its First Birthday and a Year of Sustained Growth
Apr 28, 2009 - Brownbook and Friday-Ad Launch Turnkey Local Video Ads Package
Mar 24, 2009 - Brownbook.net is The First Business Directory to Support Google Street View
Feb 23, 2009 - Business Owners Can Try Brownbook.net Advanced Features FREE for 30 Days
Feb 05, 2009 - Brownbook is listed in Outsell Inc’s Top 30 Companies to Watch in 2009
Dec 18, 2008 - Brownbook.net Comes To The Aid Of The 7 Out Of 10 Small Businesses That Still Don’t Have A Website
Dec 01, 2008 - Brownbook.net’s New Listing Customization Features Further Widen Gap with Traditional Online Directories
Nov 20, 2008 - Businesses that advertise during a recession outsell their competitors by 256%
Oct 22, 2008 - Local Business Directory Brownbook.net to Pay Lifetime Share of Earnings to all Users
Oct 23, 2008 - Brownbook.net Rewards Customers for Business Listings and Reviews (UK)
Oct 23, 2008 - Brownbook.net Rewards Customers for Business Listings and Reviews (US)
Sep 17, 2008 - Brownbook photo and video customer reviews
Aug 22, 2008 - Brownbook’s mobile search platform
Aug 19, 2008 - Brownbook’s OpenSearch technology
Aug 13, 2008 - Brownbook goes mobile in your town
Jul 30, 2008 - Commerical Phone Books’ Business Model Threatened
Jul 23, 2008 - Brownbook.net goes International - USA, Canada, Australia
May 28, 2008 - Friday Holdings Invests in Brownbook
May 22, 2008 - Yell Share Price Decline (comment)
Feb 14, 2008 - New website helps us identify the good and bad businesses in our town
Feb 01, 2008 - Brownbook launches in UK - helps consumers spot rogue traders

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