New report: Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses

The internet is the source that people most rely on for material about the local business scene and search engines are particularly valued. Newspapers and word of mouth also rank high as sources. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Don't want to receive any more emails? Unsubsribe. Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses People looking for information about local restaurants and other businesses say they rely on the internet, especially search engines, ahead of any other source.   Newspapers, both printed copies and the websites of newspaper companies, run second behind the internet as the source that people rely on for news and information about local businesses, including restaurants and bars.    And word of mouth, particularly among non-internet users, is also an important source of information about local businesses. Read or download the full report: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Local-business-info.aspx   follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2011 Pew Internet, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for email alerts on our website. Our mailing address is: Pew Internet 1615 L St NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | view email in browser