Restaurants led all categories in local online searches in Q1 2012 on the YP Local Ad Network, per a July 2012 report from YP. Following were financial services and auto repair, with real estate and beauty services rounding out the top 5. Family services was the fastest-growing category for the quarter (+164%), at more than double the pace of the next-fastest-growing category, wedding planning and supplies (+76%). Also posting rapid growth in Q1 were pharmacies (+68%), security services (+59%), and florists (+59%). Read the rest at MarketingCharts.
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