Yell.com and Thomasglobal.com Collaborate to Offer Global Business-To-Business Search Results in the UK

Yell.com, the UK's local search engine, and Thomasglobal.com, a leading industrial business sourcing and marketing solutions provider, today announce a collaboration to offer global industrial search results.

(PRWEB) October 26, 2006 -- For the first time, Yell.com can now offer business-to-business search results from outside the UK. The agreement with New York-based Thomasglobal.com significantly expands Yell.com's business-to-business search facility and reach, particularly for industrial classifications. It now extends to Europe, North and South America and Asia.

The development means that industrial and business service search results will now be offered to Yell.com users, when appropriate for their search, from a separate sidebar of Thomasglobal.com listings. This trial option enables Yell.com users to refine their criteria for a more detailed search of Thomasglobal.com's specialised industrial classifications.

Thomasglobal.com, part of the long established Thomas Publishing Company, is a searchable online directory of more than 600,000 industry and business service suppliers across sectors ranging from automotive, electronics and chemicals, for instance, to engineering, metals and plastics.

Its database features nearly three million product listings accessible in nine languages.

Eddie Cheng, president of Yell.com, said: "Our collaboration with Thomasglobal.com is a significant development for us, both increasing the depth of our business-to-business search facility available via Yell.com and extending it geographically from the UK to one that is truly worldwide.

"This move reflects the developing online search environment and will particularly enhance the service we provide in finding solutions for industrial business-to-business search requests - generally less location-specific than for our traditional UK-based search traffic."

Jay Lindsey, president of Thomasglobal.com, said: "We are excited about delivering our targeted industrial content to Yell.com users. Our association with Yell.com signals our continued commitment to make our comprehensive global industrial directory available to users throughout the world."

About Us: Thomasglobal.com

Since 1898 Thomas Publishing Company, LLC has been offering regionally specific buying guides such as the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers®, the bible of American industry. As restrictions in international trade have lessened, the opportunity to find more competitive suppliers in foreign markets has become a reality. As a result, the need for information on those suppliers has become critical. For this reason, Thomas Publishing Company, LLC combined its global presence and created ThomasGlobal.com.

ThomasGlobal.com fulfills the need for detailed product and company information in major industrialized countries and can open up foreign markets that are hard to access due to language barriers. Sourcing agents can navigate quickly through ThomasGlobal.com's simple interface -- with 9 languages to choose from, they can search in the language of their choice. Users can select from more than 600,000 global industrial suppliers, organized within 11,000 product categories across 28 different countries. To access the Web site, go to www.thomasglobal.com.

Yell.com

Launched in 1996, Yell.com is a leading local search engine and major online advertising medium for UK businesses. Yell.com provides users with a direct route to finding a business or service online using keyword, type of business, or company name and location as search criteria. Users can review relevant search results and quickly determine the right business for their needs.

Yell.com's database of around two million UK business listings including 179,000 searchable advertisers (June 2006) can be accessed via the web site (www.yell.com) and mobile channels including JAVA™ and WAP services. A shorter version of the information within key classifications is also available via text messaging on 80248.

www.yell.com provides several useful features such as zoom-enabled maps with directions, closest car parks and a personal Yell.com address book facility to keep a record of regularly used businesses.

Yell.com is part of Yell, a leading international directories business operating in classified advertising markets in the UK, US, continental Europe and Latin America through printed, online and telephone-based media. Yell's principal brands include: in the UK, Yellow Pages, Yell.com and Yellow Pages 118 24 7; in the US, Yellow Book and Yellowbook.com; and in Spain, Paginas Amarillas and PaginasAmarillas.es. All these brands are trademarks.

www.yellgroup.com

Contact Info: Jeffrey Baker, ThomasGlobal.com, T: 212-629-1181

Jon Salmon, Yell Press Office, T: 0118 950 6656 M: 07801 977340

Demelza Fryer-Saxby, Yell Press Office, T: 0118 950 6977 M: 07834 893174

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