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Our previous test compared how Internet Yellow Pages and Local Florist Directories<\/a> compared across the Top 20 US markets.<\/p>\n

Based on some feedback we decided to run the test again on mid-market cities with populations between 100,000 and 600,000. Testing criteria was the same as used in the previous report.<\/p>\n

Cities<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Oklahoma City<\/li>\n
  2. Tucson<\/li>\n
  3. Atlanta<\/li>\n
  4. Fresno<\/li>\n
  5. Mesa<\/li>\n
  6. Tulsa<\/li>\n
  7. Colorado Springs<\/li>\n
  8. New Orleans<\/li>\n
  9. Pittsburgh<\/li>\n
  10. Anchorage<\/li>\n
  11. Modesto<\/li>\n
  12. Peoria<\/li>\n
  13. Fullerton<\/li>\n
  14. Columbia<\/li>\n
  15. Concord<\/li>\n
  16. Clearwater<\/li>\n
  17. Cambridge<\/li>\n
  18. West Jordon<\/li>\n
  19. Fairfield<\/li>\n
  20. Lowell<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Directory Rankings<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Locate A Flower Shop: 1,532<\/li>\n
    2. Flower Shop Network: 1,154<\/li>\n
    3. Find A Florist: 535<\/li>\n
    4. Superpages: 493<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. Yahoo! Local: 312
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    6. Local Flower Shop: 288<\/li>\n
    7. Yelp: 202<\/strong><\/li>\n
    8. FTD FLorists Online: 191<\/li>\n
    9. Area Connect: 148<\/strong><\/li>\n
    10. Citysearch: 114<\/strong><\/li>\n
    11. Yellowpages.com: 98<\/strong><\/li>\n
    12. BizJournals: 33<\/strong><\/li>\n
    13. Magic Yellow: 33
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    14. Insider Pages: 29
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    15. iLocal Florist: 0<\/li>\n
    16. Local Florist: 0<\/li>\n
    17. FloristDEX: 0<\/li>\n
    18. Direct2Florist: 0<\/li>\n
    19. Switchboard: 0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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