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The details provided in a business directory may vary. They may include the business name, addresses, telephone numbers, location, contact information, type of service or products the business provides, the number of employees, the served region and any
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which lists businesses within niche based categories. Businesses can be categorized by niche, location, activity, or size. Business may be compiled either manually or through an automated online search software. Online
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Some directories include a section for user reviews, comments, and feedback. Business directories in the past would take a printed format but have recently been upgraded to websites due to the advent of the internet.
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Many business directories offer complimentary listings in addition to the premium options. There are many business directories and some of these have moved over to the
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hours, Insolvency Enquiry; Business, please contact the Department for; Energy; on 020 7215 1000, Industrial Strategy Press Office.
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to the growth of 'rational, scientific inquiry' and statistics in the nineteenth century.
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Previous business directories may have been called 'dictionaries', guides or handbooks.
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Historians have linked the development of trade directories such as
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of businesses in the counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex in England.
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An example page from a directory for the city of Macon, 1866
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are a type of business directory, as is the traditional
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Printed or web-based listing of businesses by category
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Trade directory

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"Business directory"
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Pigot's 1839 directory

printed
information
yellow pages
phone book
professional associations
internet
search engines
Zip Code
Kelly's trade directory
Bradshaw's railway timetables and guides
Mitchell's Press Directories
hard copy
digital format
Web directory
List of web directories

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