Jingle Networks’ 1-800-Free411 and Idearc’s SuperPages have announced a distribution deal whereby SuperPages advertisers and will be accessible to Free411 callers. This is significant for both companies. It gives SuperPages strong mobile distribution for its advertisers, as part of a larger local search network. It also provides Jingle Networks with access to SuperPages’ pool of roughly 800,000+ advertisers in its efforts to more broadly and efficiently monetize more than 20 million calls per month.
Last week 1-800-Free411 competitor, 1-800-YellowPages, AT&T’s free, ad-supported directory assistance service, rolled out to the entire California market.
Here’s a bit more detail on the Jingle-SuperPages relationship on my LocalMobileSearch blog.
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