These days I use Google Maps scoped to my neighbourhood and do a search that way.  Trying to do the same with web search is an exercise in frustration.<p>The one nice thing about the yellow pages is that it does provide a results filter, in that you&#x27;re going to find local businesses willing to pay money to show up in a book.<p>Having a filter for &quot;serious, local-only businesses&quot; is a useful thing to have.  IMO online yellow pages doesn&#x27;t have that.  Yelp and the like are sort of close but their UI and search-locality aren&#x27;t as tight as they should be to serve this purpose.