Brownbook.net - The Open Yellow Pages

Do you ever wish that you could comment on the yellow pages- applaud the local florist or out the tailor that tried to rip you off? With Brownbook, you can review businesses, add shops, promote a location, and edit information about outlets. Users can also search for goods and services by area, function or industry, or both. At this point, the majority of the listed businesses are based in the UK, although the site ideally will function on a global scale. The guide is purposefully searchable only through keywords, because, in this day and age, businesses may cover multiple cities or an entire continent.

“BrownBook is the open yellow pages that anyone can edit and where everyone has their say. We're building the Internet's most reliable and accurate yellow pages, one business at a time - and you can be a part of it just by having your say.”

Brown Book may seemingly fulfill the role that the Yellow Pages occupy, but its interactivity and user capabilities set it far apart. Brownbook brings the Yellow Pages into the internet, user-driven era.

Right now, standard searches (“grocery Hampstead”) bring up no results. To be useful, the business database will have to be expanded.