Istanbul, Turkey – January, 12 2009 – Local Search Company Turkey Yellow Pages LLC announced that "Map It" service has started in Turkey’s Yellow.com.tr Mobile portal.
Since December 2008, "Map It" service has been operating on Yellow.com.tr to make users find any business fast with Map directions online.
"Map It" helps user see the addresses of firms on Map at the company’s profile web pages. "Map It" service is free for all businesses listed on Turkey Yellow Pages online and mobile portals.
Trevor Nadeau, Al Wahda-Express Group Regional Director of Information & Internet Services stated that “with the start of "Map It" service on Turkey Yellow Pages online and mobile portals, the users in Turkey now have the opportunity to find businesses even faster with help of Maps. We included "Map It" service in Yellow Mobile services due to being aware of the importance of cell phones in our lives and the increase in usage portions of cell phones.”
Turkey Yellow Pages General Manager Responsible of E-Business, Marketing and Information Services, Göktuğ Okan Oğuz stated that, ”In addition to Yellow Pages’ leading operations, Yellow Pages has a different position in the market with its experience in mobile advertising. In Turkey there are more than 26 million Internet users and more than 62 million GSM users. We aim to make the users find businesses using their Internet capable cell phones and see on map. Our "Map It" service helps us to eventuate our aim.”
To see the Turkey Yellow Pages mobile portal, simply enter the Yellow.com.tr URL in the address line of your mobile browser and launch it. Turkey Yellow Pages web server’s identify that the user is accessing from a mobile device and automatically directs the user to Yellow Mobile.
Based in Istanbul - Turkey Yellow Pages LLC is the official publisher of Yellow Pages branded products in Turkey. Turkey Yellow Pages LLC is the exclusive owner of the Yellow Pages™, Walking Fingers & Design™, and YellowPages.com.tr trademarks in Turkey. Turkey Yellow Pages LLC is part of the Al Wahda-Express Group of Companies. Founded in 1986, Al Wahda-Express Group of Companies employs nearly 1000 employees publishing print, online and mobile Yellow Pages directories throughout 5 countries including Turkey.
