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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$15.1M
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Switchboard is a leading provider of local online advertising solutions and Internet-based yellow pages, interconnecting consumers, merchants and national advertisers. Switchboard helps consumers quickly and easily find and compare local businesses offering specific products and services, while creating revenue opportunities for merchants. Switchboard is a wholly owned subsidiary of Idearc Media Corporation (NASDAQ:IAR). Switchboard is a pioneer in the online yellow pages industry. After launching in February 1996, Switchboard introduced the Internet's first interactive yellow pages display ads. These ads were the first to capture the look and feel of traditional yellow pages print ads in an online environment. Switchboard continues to evolve the concept of a traditional print directory into an interactive and dynamic medium, with a central focus on helping small and medium-size businesses to establish a presence on the Web and connect with the consumers who are looking to do business with them.
Number of Employees 67
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NAICS Code Custom Computer Programming Services: 541511
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At Hand Network Selects Switchboard to Provide Regional Directory Services
- 1999-04-26
DENVER, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 26, 1999--
-MICROSOFT: Switchboard signs Microsoft to one-year sitewide sponsorship
- 1998-06-09
M2 PRESSWIRE-9 June 1998-MICROSOFT: Switchboard signs Microsoft to one-year sitewide sponsorship C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080698 --Sponsorship on popular directory site expected to drive consumer traffic to Microsoft Online services WESTBORO, Mass., and REDMOND, Wash. -- Switchboard Inc., the majority-owned Internet directory service subsidiary of...
Switchboard Inc. Acquires Maps On Us From Lucent Technologies
- 1998-05-18
WESTBORO, Mass. & MURRAY HILL, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 18, 1998-- Switchboard Incorporated, the majority-owned Internet directory service subsidiary of Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN), announced today that it has acquired the assets, technology, and Web site of Maps on Ussm (www.mapsonus.com) from Lucent Technologies. Maps on Us features...
Lycos to Integrate Powerful SideClick Technology from Switchboard; Lycos will Enhance Search Capabilities to Include Related Web Sites with Switchboard SideClick
- 1998-04-16
WESTBORO, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 16, 1998--Switchboard Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:BNYN), and provider of the leading on-line white and yellow pages Internet directory service, today announced the licensing of its innovative SideClicktm Web site searching technology to Lycos, Inc. The related site searching capabilities of SideClick are...
Banyan names Douglas McIntyre as president of Switchboard
- 1997-05-12
WESTBORO, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 12, 1997-- Experienced Media Executive to Head Leading Internet Directory Company Banyan Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BNYN) today announced that Douglas A. McIntyre, a highly regarded media executive, has joined its Switchboard Inc. subsidiary as its first president. ...
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