Yellow Pages Research Articles

"The Shifting Face of Aesthetic Care: A Systematic Survey of Independent Medspa Directorship and Practitioner Trends in Florida".

The rapid proliferation of medical spas in the US has raised concerns over the continued shift of non-surgical aesthetic treatments away from traditional core specialty integration and supervision, potentially affecting the surgical treatment guidance and education of cosmetic surgery patients. This study aimed to assess the current trends in the growth of independent medspa facilities as well as practitioner supervision, licensing, and specialization in the state of Florida. A comprehensive, statewide survey of all independent medspas in Florida, by municipality, employing Google and Yellow Pages search engines. Information gathered included the number of locations, business stakeholders, and director/practitioner licensing and certification obtained from the Florida Division of Corporations/Department of Health databases and respective medical boards. A total of 1,038 medspas were identified, revealing a 100% increase in number relative to 2021 estimates. Non-physician practitioners represented 84% of medspa providers, with core specialty medical director supervision present in only 22% of facilities and a large proportion of directors lacking specialty training (77%) or board certification (42%). Additionally, 25% of medspas appeared to disregard state guidelines pertaining to medical directorship, autonomous non-physician practice, and numerical/geographic restrictions on directorship, with 96% of facilities lacking licensing/registration with Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration. Medspa growth in Florida has been explosive, with continued departure from core supervision, increasingly limited specialty training/integration, and non-adherence to state guidelines. Enhanced regulation and integrated non-physician practitioner training are likely necessary to ensure patient safety and the cohesive practice of aesthetic medicine and surgery.

Genetic diversity analysis and molecular characterization of tropical rose (Rosa spp.) varieties

Characterization of rose varieties becomes essential for understanding, utilizing, and preserving the diversity among them, for their genetic improvement, cultivation, and conservation. With this purpose, 19 tropical rose varieties were evaluated via quantitative morphological and molecular markers. A significant degree of variation was observed across nearly all descriptors, suggesting a notable level of genetic diversity among the released rose varieties. Traits like flower diameter, flower yield/plot, and shelf life, considered to be of vital importance given the aesthetic value of rose, exhibited remarkable differences that would further aid in the selection of desirable varieties. The maximum flower diameter, flower yield/plot, and shelf life were recorded in Yellow Page, Lambada, and Delhi Princess, respectively. The varieties were evaluated by correlation matrix, hierarchical agglomerative clustering method-based dendrogram, network plot on phenotypic correlation, colour intensity graph including Red-Green-Blue (RGB) scattered plot. In the correlation matrix, it was found that more number of primary shoot contributes to higher flower yield, while increase in leaf area degraded the shelf life of the flower. Realizing the importance of molecular characterization, 10 selected polymorphic inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and start codon targeted (SCoT) polymorphism primers were tested that amplified total 187 polymorphic loci with 94.4 % polymorphism. Cent percent polymorphism were found with SCoT-2, SCoT-18, SCoT-19, HB-12 and ISSCR3 primers. A principal component analysis based on molecular diversity highlighted that First Red, Local Selection 2, and Himroz exhibited distinct characteristics compared to the other varieties. The 19 varieties were grouped into 8 clusters viaunweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean-based dendrogram at 0.4 similarity co-efficient. The analysis revealed a significant genetic distance between Himroz, First Red, and Grand Gala, suggesting their potential to be utilized in hybridization programs for crop improvement. The distinguishable genetic background and high degree of variation revealed by molecular markers, specifically ISSR and SCoT, offer valuable insights that can contribute to the strategic improvement of roses. These findings provide a foundation for expediting rose breeding programs and comprehensive crop improvement strategies.

‘What a funny looking video’: Using allegorical representations of technological change to reflect on future digital communication and design challenges

This paper presents a reflective examination of challenges to design and communication from the current digital revolution, using the prism of a 1980s television advertisement for the Yellow Pages. Originating at the same time as the height of the desktop publishing revolution, the advert illuminates a transitional period in the evolution of digital technology and media communications, marked by changing user practices and experiences. The advert’s storyline follows a young man’s quest to convert an old cine film (of his father) to videotape for his mother’s birthday, in the process showcasing the impending shift from analogue to digital technologies and encapsulating the multifaceted implications and transitional challenges of the period. The hybrid setting of technologies, alongside the tensions, confusion and ambiguities of different stakeholders metaphorically symbolises and can be contrasted alongside, the challenges impacting the design, media and communications industry of the period and can inform reflection on contemporary challenges. Engaging with the narrative, the Yellow Pages advert is used as a creative device which functions as a cultural, historical, narrative lens with which to contrast against contemporary (and future) transitional challenges within the digital revolution.

THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY ON MARKET ORIENTATION AND PERFORMANCE IN VIETNAMESE SMALL RESTAURANTS

Purpose - This study aims to explore the potential mediating role of differentiation strategy in the relationship between market orientation and restaurant performance based on balanced scorecard approaches. Methodology - Based on the Vietnamese Yellow Pages database, a sample of 144 small restaurants in Vietnam was analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. Findings - The results indicate that differentiation strategy fully mediates the relationship between market orientation and restaurant performance based on balanced scorecard approaches. Originality of the research - This study contributes significantly to the field by deepening our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of differentiation strategy on the market orientation-performance links. Focusing on Vietnam, a collectivistic and transitional economy, enhances our comprehension of the influence of market orientation and differentiation strategy on the performance of small restaurants in these distinctive environments. The study provides robust evidence supporting the positive effects of differentiation strategy on performance by using balanced scorecard approaches. It advances the theoretical development of the resourcebased view by using a contingency perspective to empirically demonstrate how organisations can sustain competitive advantages by leveraging their resources.

Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Marketing Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Firms in Port Harcourt

This study investigated the relationship between green supply chain management practices and marketing effectiveness pharmaceutical firms in Port Harcourt. The objectives of the study were to ascertain the extent to which supply chain management practices relate marketing effectiveness pharmaceutical firms in Port Harcourt. The population of the study was Two hundred and seventeen (217) registered pharmacies in Port Harcourt, listed in the yellow page of Nigerian Stock Exchange Facts Book of (2014). The primary data were collected with a structured questionnaire that was designed in a 5 point Likert scale of very low extent to very high extent. Results of the test showed that supply chain management practices have significant and positive relationships with marketing effectiveness (brand awareness and corporate image) – the measures of marketing effectiveness. the Pearson Product Moment Correlation was the test statistics. The study therefore, concluded that supply chain management practices relate with marketing effectiveness pharmaceutical firms in Port Harcourt. Therefore, the study recommended management of pharmaceutical in Port Harcourt should implement adequate green supply chain practices such as green procurement and green manufacturing to enhance their marketing effectiveness. All statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 2.0.

Empirical analysis of network effects in nonlinear pricing data

Network effects, i.e., an agent's utility may depend on other agents' choices, appear in many contracting situations. Empirically assessing them faces two challenges: an endogeneity problem in contract choice and a reflection problem in network effects. This paper proposes a nonparametric approach to tackle both challenges by exploiting restriction conditions from both demand and supply sides. We illustrate our methodology in the yellow pages advertising industry. Using advertising purchases and nonlinear price schedules from seven directories in Toronto, we find positive network effects, which account for a substantial portion of the publisher's profit and businesses' surpluses. We finally conduct counterfactuals to assess the overall and distributional welfare effects of the nonlinear pricing scheme relative to an alternative linear pricing scheme with and without network effects.

“Ring up for an appointment”: Empirical & oral evidence of commercial & other freedoms in the heyday of the City

Informed by economic concepts of product competition, this paper uses publicly available and accurate business information on establishment names and addresses obtained from the Yellow Pages of the contemporary Hong Kong telephone book and census socio-economic data backed by oral testimonies, to dispel the myth that the “Kowloon Walled City” was an incarcerated ghetto. The use of this imagery in the title for this City as a built up, politically sensitive zone levelled to the ground to make way for a public Chinese garden shortly before Hong Kong was returned to China, is treated as a form of ‘product differentiation’ in the academic research marketplace. As a contribution to planning theory, the paper uses the City as a show case of how academic branding, through descriptors, creates images of places and offers a countervailing image. Technically, it demonstrates the immense archival value of telephone directories and business chronicles apart from census data as sources of socially significant data for urban studies and informed re-interpretation of subjective imageries of an urban place.

Shadows on Main Street: Mapping America's Financial Architecture from the Yellow Pages of the 20th Century

Shadows on Main Street: Mapping America's Financial Architecture from the Yellow Pages of the 20th Century

Digital Marketing Strategies and Marketing Performance of Private Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

The study examined the relationship between digital marketing strategies and marketing performance of private secondary schools in Port Harcourt. The population of the study comprises of two hundred and fourteen (214) registered private secondary schools in Port Harcourt (Rivers State Yellow Page Directory, 2014/2015). Considering the need for precision and elimination of unnecessary biases on the sample size determination, the taro yamen formula was used to determine elements of the population, which is one hundred and thirty-nine (139) private schools in Port Harcourt. The study adopted the simple random sampling techniques, while the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (PPMCC) assisted by the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) Version 21.0 was used in testing the hypotheses. Two copies of the questionnaire were administered to each of the one hundred and thirty-nine (139), private secondary schools in Port Harcourt, totalling two hundred and seventy-eight (278) copies of questionnaire. Of the two hundred and seventy-eight (278) copies of the questionnaire that were distributed, two hundred and fifty-nine (259) copies representing 93.2% were retrieved and nineteen (19) which represents 6.8% were not retrieved. The study revealed that there is strong and positive relationship between digital marketing strategies and marketing performance of private secondary schools in Port Harcourt. The study further concludes that the dimensions of digital marketing strategies impacts marketing performance indicators. The study however recommends that private secondary schools in Port Harcourt should be more accustomed to the latest technology in the educational sector to be at par with international standards and to compete favourably on the international scene.

Design and Application of e-Commerce Platform System Based on Blockchain Technology on the Internet of Things

Focusing on the problems of platform monopoly, power rent-seeking and high cost in the current Internet e-commerce platform system, a new method and paradigm of e-commerce platform is introduced in this paper based on the blockchain, smart contract technology, tokenomics thought, and e-commerce professional theory. The interconnection of e-commerce information value chain can be realized by means of blockchain related technology and the construction of circulation system, payment system, and credit system in the core module of e-commerce platform. From the perspective of users of e-commerce platform, the optimizing of the application process and operation structure of e-commerce operation can significantly improve users’ service experience, avoid information disclosure risk, and reduce process redundancy as well. The prominent advantages of this e-commerce platform include data security, data sharing, shopping cost reduction, monopoly elimination, community construction, and commercial form innovation. The e-commerce function was originally defined as building an e-commerce platform, optimizing and promoting various search products, maintaining, refactoring and extending the e-commerce platform, and developing and monetizing online products. It has 6 operating modes: direct sales model, yellow pages model, coupon model, brokerage model, reservation model, and market model.

Illuminating How Bud Wrote

MOST of the writing was done at home, where there was always a study. Though I remember vividly coming home to our first apartment once and finding Bud in the middle of the living room shuffling around dozens of 3×5 cards spread all over the floor. I think he was outlining one of the last chapters of the dissertation.First drafts were written by hand, in ink (with a special pen), on non-shiny yellow paper attached to a clipboard. (It was the same paper on which he drew his doodles, much to the delight of his granddaughters.) These hand-written paragraphs were then transferred originally to an ordinary typewriter, later to an electric typewriter and finally, after much hesitation, into a computer. He never learned to touch type, but used two fingers, which quickly began to move quite fast—though often with some mistakes. Undoing those went from whiteout, made especially for the purpose, to correcting tape, and finally to a word processor, which though learned late and with difficulty, came to be seen as a pretty good advance. Envelopes, however, continued to emerge from the typewriter for many more years. And everything was printed out: e-mail, letters, texts. He never read anything on the computer except Hollis and very occasionally Wikipedia. But all of that was only the beginning.Even the original pen-filled yellow pages had corrections on them, often with sections scotch-taped at different places But the real refinements came after that first typescript or printout, again, first by hand, then with typed inserts. There were arrows to the back of the page, to pages numbered with the letters a, b, c for other inserts, and many word corrections. Each word and each sentence had to be just right. All of this led to more typing and more scotch-taped insertions. And this process repeated itself multiple times. And, I should add, letters, also initially written by hand, went through almost as many versions as did articles and books. Words were very important to him. When he wrote it was not only the content that guided, but the aesthetics. Sentences had to sound right; paragraphs had to flow. And that took time. It was a process he very much enjoyed. At one point I usually got the chance to read something. And if I occasionally suggested that a sentence that spanned a paragraph might be broken up to make it easier to read, occasionally it was.When he had an assistant, life was easier. At first he made an audio tape from his inked scribbles and his assistant produced a text ready to be revised. Later on, he could hand over a handwritten set of corrections and miraculously a clean typescript appeared. How they were able to make out his handwriting I will never know. Some genius there. When on occasion I was called on to type something, he typically had to dictate.His lecture notes and talks often did not proceed to a full script. They were still written by hand, on the same yellow paper, though not always in complete sentences. And before being presented, he would underline certain parts in different colors to alert himself to key points. I have given these lecture notes and some unpublished talks to the Harvard archives—with immediate access—since his undergraduate lectures are almost as “famous” (notorious?) as his graduate seminar.As I write this, I can still see him wandering up to his study on the third floor to make some more revisions. His audience was not only his historian colleagues, but the general public. He wanted his work to be accessible and he wanted to make it available. As he was contemplating his next project, after the publication of Illuminating History, I suggested he write a personal memoir meant only for his sons, which they would have so much enjoyed. But that was not his style. What he wrote was meant to be published, and a personal memoir he would never have made public. So we are left with his oral stories, which were part of our conversations almost to the very end.One of the last things he dictated to me is a revised paragraph for the paperback edition of Illuminating History: It was in 1946 – my twenty-third year [it was actually his 24th] – that the contours of my intellectual life changed radically. Thereafter, the study of history became a passion and the center of my professional life. It was the beginning of seventy-plus years of concentrated study, teaching, and writing about history. It was the dominant tone over all those years and my enthusiasm has never relented.He had a passion for writing history, history in the way he thought it should be written, and he never lost that.

Search

Putting my archive in order, I came across a thick general notebook, where on the first page it was written in calligraphic handwriting: "Placental blood - search". Leafing through the yellowed pages, I remembered this long story in which I was a participant.

We Sit in a Circle

We Sit in a Circle Judith Claire Mitchell (bio) In January 1981, when I was twenty-eight and two years divorced and there was no internet or serotonin reuptake inhibitors, I sometimes opened the Providence yellow pages — that voluminous if inert search engine — and scanned the eclectic array of addiction specialists, adoption agencies, junk haulers, and housecleaners who’d paid to have their businesses listed under the inchoate category of help. Or I’d read the help wanted ads in the Providence Journal and look for my name. In both cases it was as if I hoped for a listing that said, Judy: Call this number and we’ll fix everything. When I had the energy, I sought less magical but equally non-productive means of rescue. I made appointments with a series of psychologists but connected with none. I went on dates, so many dates, usually spending the night, but almost always grateful to part in the morning. There was also a man I saw somewhat steadily, a bankruptcy lawyer whose girlfriend, a nurse, worked nights and weekends. Just good times, cocktails, and sex, I reminded myself when not only the gin but oxytocin began to flow. [End Page 425] I was weepy, felt empty, had nothing but my office work, which I did from nine to five, and my drinking, which I did when I got home. I’d once had writing, the only thing I’d ever been told I was good at, but I had faltered without deadlines, assignments, community. This season of my life, these doldrums, might have been a good time for an MFA — Brown, a half mile from my apartment, offered one — but that would have required planning and gumption. The only writing I did was in a personal journal, daily multi-page scrawls of frustrations and disappointments and self-recrimination that I didn’t think counted. “If you write something that nobody else reads, is that really writing?” a professor in college had asked us, fledgling novelists in a seminar room. Yes, we chirped, but she shook her head sadly and told us the answer was no. 1/6/81 Today’s new therapist looks over my forms and asks what I need to cure my depression. I’ve never been asked that before. I say I don’t think of chronic depression as something curable exactly, the way headaches can be cured with aspirin, but if she’s asking what might mitigate it some, then maybe a committed relationship with someone I like who likes me. Love is what I mean, but it’s also a word I don’t like to use in public. It has come to sound babyish to me. In any case, my answer is not only wrong, it’s offensive. She literally rolls her eyes and tells me I should not need a man to be happy. Also, if I really wanted a relationship, I’d have one. Finding a man is not as difficult as I’m making it out to be. Women meet men all the time. Women meet men every day on the bus. “Well, that must be my problem,” I say. “I walk to work.” This therapist, an icicle wearing a blue suit from Talbot’s, glares and asks why I’ve chosen to deliberately deflect her point. I tell her I’m sorry, but I’m a transplanted Jewish New Yorker [End Page 426] and joking in moments like this is something we do. I want so badly to add that relationships are not as easily come by as she thinks, that, in fact, the only thing harder than finding a good man in Providence is finding a good therapist in Providence, that in both cases you know within five minutes it’s not going to work, but you still have to sit there for a reasonable amount of time, blithering out your life story, as I’m doing now, forty-six minutes to go. And so, for my New Year’s resolution I forced myself to hunt down a writing class. The one I found was an adult education course called “Keeping a Journal for Creative Writing.” I expected...

Harnessing and Unleashing the Power of Social Media in GI Practices

Although online engagement does not guarantee success, a digital presence in the internet era is vital to the success of any new or growing practice. Simply put, the days of the Yellow Pages and the Rolodex are behind us. Social media adoption is no longer just an enhancement to one’s practice, as patients are increasingly turning to the internet for information about their specific conditions and who they select as their provider.1 The adoption of social media continued to increase from 4.19 to 4.62 billion active users between January 2021 and 2022, with individuals spending over 2 hours per day accessing social media content.

Analyzing and Modeling Special Offer Campaigns in Location-Based Social Networks

The proliferation of mobile handheld devices in combination with the technological advancements in mobile computing has led to a number of innovative services that make use of the location information available on such devices. Traditional yellow pages websites have now moved to mobile platforms, giving the opportunity to local businesses and potential, near-by, customers to connect. These platforms can offer an affordable advertisement channel to local businesses. One of the mechanisms offered by location-based social networks (LBSNs) allows businesses to provide special offers to their customers that connect through the platform. We collect a large time-series dataset from approximately 14 million venues on Foursquare and analyze the performance of such campaigns using randomization techniquesand (non-parametric) hypothesis testing with statistical bootstrapping. Our main finding indicates that this type of promotions are not as effective as anecdote success stories might suggest. Finally, we design classifiers by extracting three different types of features that are able to provide an educated decision on whether a special offer campaign for a local business will succeed or not both in short and long term.

Does café culture drive artistic enclaves?

ABSTRACT Café culture is emerging as a global phenomenon. While the café has been a social venue for artists throughout history, research has not paid much attention to the relation between cafés and artists in cultural settings. In this paper, we conceptualize and quantify three types of café and art scenes: bohemian, corporate, and communal. Using the Yellow Pages and US Census data, our statistical analyses assess the role of cafés in the clustering of artists in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The results show that the presence of cafés is significantly associated with clusters of artists, all else being equal. In the entire metropolitan statistical areas, cafés in bohemian or communal settings attract artists, although they are highly present in corporate culture as well. Case studies also suggest that pedestrian streetscape, interactive store design, building conversion programs, and access to transit draw artists to cafés.

Contract Utilization, Exchange Uncertainty and Relationship Performance in Marketing Channels

With the rapid development in emerging countries in recent years, more and more enterprises have realized the importance of designing and signing a contract in exchange relationships. However, exchange hazards such as exchange uncertainty may exert a considerable impact on inter-firm exchange, lead to conflicts between exchange partners, and result in contractual violation behaviors, which in turn damages the development of exchange relationships. Despite the important findings of existing studies relevant to contract design, the impact of ex post governance such as contract utilization is still unclear and the mechanism of contract utilization remains largely unexplored. Therefore, based on the transaction cost theory and from the perspective of environmental uncertainty, this paper develops a conceptual model between contract utilization and channel relationship performance under the uncertain environment in emerging countries, and investigates the direct effect of contract utilization on channel relationship performance and the impact of joint dependence, reciprocity norms and demand uncertainty on the effect of contract utilization.The conceptual model and hypotheses were tested by survey data collected from the distributors in computer and computer parts industry in China. In order to improve the consistency and validity of the questionnaire, all the question items were borrowed from previous research and adapted to the research context. To ensure the content validity, a pilot test with 40 respondents from 10 companies randomly selected from the Yellow Pages was conducted. Based on the research context and the interviewees’ valuable feedback, the wording of some items was revised. After eliminating 30 surveys with missing data, 393 usable questionnaires were obtained finally. Confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, structural equation model path analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses.The results show that contract utilization plays a positive role in promoting the channel relationship performance in channel relationship management. Under the circumstance of exchange uncertainty, when one party utilizes contract to promote relationship performance, joint dependence will amplify the positive impact of contract utilization on channel relationship performance; however, reciprocity norms and demand uncertainty will weaken the positive impact of contract utilization on channel relationship performance. Therefore, this study reveals the mechanism of contract utilization on relationship performance in emerging market countries, and provides more evidence to understand the divergent opinions in existing research about the effect of contract design. This study also enriches the research on ex post governance mechanism by demonstrating the moderating effect of joint dependence, reciprocity norms and demand uncertainty in the link of contract utilization and relationship performance.This study offers several theoretical contributions and managerial implications. First of all, considering the divergent opinions on the role of contract in previous research, by distinguishing contract design from contract utilization, this study clarifies the important role of contract utilization in emerging market countries, and highlights the positive impact of contract utilization on relationship performance. Secondly, this study investigates the impact of two bilateral variables, joint dependence and reciprocity norms, which can reflect the uncertainty behavior of partners in the process of contract utilization from the perspective of uncertainty. By analyzing the impact of behavioral uncertainty, this study further clarifies the function boundary of contract utilization in channel relationship management. Thirdly, by adding demand uncertainty into the research framework, this study reveals the impact of demand uncertainty on the effect of ex post contract governance, which consequently can help managers to understand the complex and dynamic environment more deeply, and provide helpful guidance for managerial practice.

An approach for constructing expert yellow pages for community question answering sites

AbstractThe rapid increase in the number of community‐based question‐and‐answer services is attracting many users. Questions are posted and answered by community members. These users, who can help other users answer questions, can be considered experts. To facilitate finding a suitable expert and alleviate information overload, in this paper, expert yellow pages (EYP) for community question answering (CQA) are constructed. Considering the various lengths of texts, the biterm topic model (BTM) is used to model questions and fields of expertise. Then, two‐dimensional EYP (2DEYP), which are composed of expertise field dimensions and question dimensions, are constructed. The intersections represent the cluster of experts. The proposed 2DEYP can be expanded both laterally and vertically for a more in‐depth understanding and a more precise location. As the closer neurons represent similar topics, a novel labelling method is proposed to identify topic words for navigation. The method uses the distance between neurons as the differentiation capability. To further distinguish experts, a ranking mechanism is proposed. The experts can be ranked by integrating their expertise and activity levels. The expertise level is novel and characterized by both breadth and depth aspects. The proposed approach is evaluated via a real dataset, and the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is feasible and performs well.

Location- and keyword-based querying of geo-textual data: a survey

With the broad adoption of mobile devices, notably smartphones, keyword-based search for content has seen increasing use by mobile users, who are often interested in content related to their geographical location. We have also witnessed a proliferation of geo-textual content that encompasses both textual and geographical information. Examples include geo-tagged microblog posts, yellow pages, and web pages related to entities with physical locations. Over the past decade, substantial research has been conducted on integrating location into keyword-based querying of geo-textual content in settings where the underlying data is assumed to be either relatively static or is assumed to stream into a system that maintains a set of continuous queries. This paper offers a survey of both the research problems studied and the solutions proposed in these two settings. As such, it aims to offer the reader a first understanding of key concepts and techniques, and it serves as an “index” for researchers who are interested in exploring the concepts and techniques underlying proposed solutions to the querying of geo-textual data.

Postal address extraction from the web: a comprehensive survey

The Web is a source of information for Location-Based Service (LBS) applications. These applications lack postal addresses for the user’s Point of Interests (POIs) such as schools, hospitals, restaurants, etc., as these locations are annotated manually by using the yellow pages or by the location owners (users/companies). Our study in this paper confirms that Google Maps, a common LBS application, only contains about $$32.5\%$$ of the public schools that are registered officially in the documents provided by the Directorate of Education in Egypt. However, the remaining missed school addresses could be fished from the Web (e.g., social media). To the best of our knowledge, no prior survey has been published to compare the previous Web postal address extraction approaches. Additionally, all proposed approaches for address extraction are local (could be working in specific countries/locations with particular languages) and could not be used or even adapted to work in other countries/locations with other languages. Furthermore, the problem of Web postal address extraction is not addressed in many countries such as Arab countries (e.g. Egypt). This paper discusses the issue of address extraction, highlights and compares the recently used techniques in extracting addresses from Web pages. In addition, it investigates the discrepancy of knowledge among existing systems. Moreover, it provides a comprehensive review of the geographical Gazetteers used in the Web postal address approaches and compares their data quality dimensions.