Congratulations! You have spotted our promo code on Facebook and your business is now eligible for a trial of our Location Based Advertising Trial for Smartphones!

goldenpages.ie is delighted to be working towards launching a new service which will bring location based deals to users of our iPhone and Android apps.

Already food outlets, pharmacies and service providers have registered for the trial – why not join them?

Simply email deals@goldenpages.ie and quote the coupon code ‘gp2012′ and we will set up your trial!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

A widget is a tiny application, almost like a mini-website that you can run on your own site. The goldenpages.ie Search Widget is a direct connection to our database of suppliers. This widget allows users on your site to search for suppliers on www.goldenpages.ie.

If you’re looking for cool user features to add to your site, you’ve landed on the right page. You can adapt it to suit your site’s look and feel, choose a specific theme or location you want results from and much more.

How can I use this widget on my website?

• Start searching goldenpages.ie by typing your search term into the box.
• Grab the code and embed the widget on any webpage.
• Click on Share to see several ways to share the widget.

The widget on this page is live and ready to use, simply copy this code below and paste it on your website.

<iframe frameborder=”0″ width=”250″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.goldenpages.ie/widget/searchwidgetbusiness?width=250&amp;height=250&amp;cat=link|text|5&amp;what=WHO/WHAT?&amp;where=WHERE?”></iframe>

The widget comes in various sizes allowing you to choose the size that best suits the structure of your website. Click here to see the different size formats http://www.goldenpages.ie/tools/widgets

We would like to thank you all for your amazing support of the 2FM St.Vincent De Paul Toy Appeal 2011.

Last week we delivered 172 toys to the distribution depot on Mountjoy Square where the toys will sorted into age ranges and then matched with wish lists received from children and families across the country.

Please take the opportunity to watch a short video here, to flick through the goldenpages.ie Toy Appeal facebook album here and to thank anyone who you know who made a donation

We were delighted to take part in this campaign. Thank you all again for supporting this great cause and for your overwhelming generosity – please feel free to tweet or share the video/ Facebook Album with friends and family – #positiveireland

Best wishes for the festive season and 2012,
The goldenpages.ie team

We are delighted to announce that goldenpages.ie is an official Drop off Point for the RTE 2fm/SuperValue Toy Appeal for St. Vincent De Paul this Christmas 2011.

All toys donated will be given to children who may not otherwise receive one this Christmas so it’s a fantastic appeal to get behind and support and we are so excited to do so that we have decorated early and have our very own Toy Room which we hope you will help us fill up with TOYS in time for Christmas!

Nobody leaves goldenpages.ie empty handed either – for every toy donated we will be giving a lolly out in return so come, give and receive here at goldenpages.ie!

Yesterday afternoon Rick O’Shea kindly had us on his show( click here and search for the Rick O’Shea show Tuesday 29th Nov, go to 1:20:55 in the stream) to talk about the appeal and local businesses have hung posters up to let people know that they can drop toys off at St Martin’s house.

Some tips from St Vincent De Paul on the Toys which can be donated:

Here are some gift ideas for boys and girls.

The toy must be new, unwrapped and books and vouchers are great ideas. The best advice is to donate what you would like for yourself/family.

Hope to see you soon at the goldenpages.ie Toy Room!

goldenpages.ie are continuously positioning themselves at the forefront of new media especially when it comes to mobile and app technology. The goldenpages.ie app for iPhone, Android and iPad were recent finalists at the Appys, held in the Mansion House, Dublin. The event is designed to highlight and honour the best and brightest in application development for smartphones, tablets and social media platforms.

The awards had over 250 entries and the goldenpages.ie app was shortlisted in three categories;

1. Best Branded App
2. Best Business App
3. Best Media/Publishing App

There was very stiff competition in all these categories, Heinz BBQ took the prize for best branded app, best business app went to Adverts.ie and TheJournal.ie took home best media/publishing. The calibre of entries was extremely high and goldenpages.ie was honoured to be a finalist in these categories.

Des Doris, event organiser from Alchemy Events had this to say “Once again The Appys celebrated and rewarded some of the best and most innovative apps available for smartphone, tablets and Facebook users. The future is mobile and apps will continue to play a huge role in the continual development of the mobile industry. It’s great to see how innovative and creative the Irish app industry actually is.”

Over the last year goldenpages.ie has transformed itself to a new media company and through this transformation, our mobile and app platforms will play a significant role for us. The announcement of the shortlist for the Appys coincided with the recent launch of augmented reality (AR) in our goldenpages.ie app. Through the AR function users of the goldenpages.ie mobile applications for iPhone and Android can view secret elements that complete the design of this year’s front covers on all directories nationwide.

Here is what Catherine Weadick, Marketing Manager Truvo Ireland, publishers of goldenpages.ie had to say on success of our mobile and app platforms: “The demand for goldenpages.ie apps on Android and iPhone is great. There are over 130,000 goldenpages.ie apps installed on Irish devices which generated over 171,000 mobile visits in October. Earlier this year Samsung Ireland, who have 37% share of the mobile market, preloaded the goldenpages.ie app on their premium Samsung Galaxy S2 and refreshed Galaxy S1 Android phones.”

Stephen Conmy, editor of Digital Times had this to say on the future of apps “Apps will evolve from what we know them as today. Obviously gaming apps will still be huge but future apps will become intelligent pieces of software capable of better organising people’s lives. In the minds of the most adventurous apps developers, this is the first generation of technologies that we will wonder how we ever lived without.”

We here are goldenpages.ie are excited and determined to lead the way in mobile and app development for our users, making their experience enjoyable whilst making their lives easier when finding what they need.

goldenpages.ie is thrilled to bring Augmented Reality or ‘AR’ into over 1.2 million homes and businesses nationwide.

To see this exciting innovation for yourself simply follow the clear instructions below and see the goldenpages.ie Print Directory come alive before your eyes!

Exciting experiences await…..

The amount of apps available today numbers in the hundred of thousands, making it difficult for users to separate the good from the bad. To help you out, we’ve drawn up a list of our 10 favourite mobile apps, each a truly nifty addition to your smartphone! And we’ve saved the best for last.

		1. Facebook Make it easy to maintain your social relationships with this app on your smartphone. Add wall posts or pictures to your profile, or send a quick message to your Facebook friends. This app is not as user-friendly as the website, but it’s definitely good enough for a high-ranking spot on our list. Download: Android | iPhone
		2. Foursquare The more the merrier! Let your friends know where you are or keep track of their whereabouts and earn points. By doing so, you can compete to become the next Mayor of your favourite bar, shop, or restaurant. Download: Android | iPhone
		3. Twitter Follow your interests: instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities, and what’s happening around the world. Get short bursts of timely information on the Twitter app. Download: Android | iPhone

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Although our search for a Gold Wedding plan has ended, for our Golden Couple the preparations and planning of their big day has only begun!

To start, here’s Grainne & Matthews reaction to the winning plan.

Thank you

‘First of all we would like to thank all of the planners for their amazing efforts they’ve put into the Wedding Plans. It has been a fabulous journey for us so far, and we cannot highlight how much we care for the amount of work every one of the planners have done to create such magnificent projects.’

About their choice

‘Each of the plans were great and we honestly can’t tell how difficult it was to choose only one, but in the end we chose Lindsay Moynaghs ‘Old Style Carnival’ theme as Gold Wedding Plan as it was something different, out of the ordinary and unique.’

Old Style Carnival

‘So far we have seen that the chosen plan is traditional, but also has this fun element. That’s why we think it’s perfect and will suit entirely our desires.

We have both been to plenty of weddings and they would all be fairly similar and we thought this would just make our wedding stand out. Also it would bring an element of fun to the day. Carnival is a bit different in our eyes and it seems that the theme represents a ‘touch’ of carnival rather than the whole content of the plan being entirely determined by it. After all, you can buy into the theme as little or as much as you want, and that’s exactly what we hope to do.’

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‘Old Style Carnival’

by Lindsay Moynagh

The votes have been counted and the winner of Goldenpages.ie’s quest for a Gold Wedding Plan has been chosen!

The wedding plan of Lindsay Moynagh was in the vote’s top 20 and was preferred by Grainne & Matthew as well as the jury. She will receive no less than a Gold Bar worth € 30,000 for her theme and her well-developed ideas.
Our Gold Wedding Planner presented her plan along with a homemade video and the following explanation:

“The theme I have gone for is ‘Old Style Carnival’.

I created this video especially for Gráinne and Matthews big day - an inspiration video if you like. I wanted to create something fun and special, a day that they, their family (especially Arwen and Alex) and friends would remember and look back on forever. I didn’t want to take too many elements away from Gráinne and Matt (I haven’t tried to pick her dress…. I think a bride should always always pick out a style that she adores herself, and I’ve left the styling of the marquee etc open so that the lovely couple can add a few of their own personal details). All I’ve tried to achieve is a few special elements and ideas around a fun theme that everyone can enjoy. I also wanted to inspire a few little DIY-projects that Gráinne and Matt could enjoy with their girls and family.

I am a firm believer in “a picture paints a thousand words” which is why I have put this slide show together… Hopefully it will give you an idea of what I am proposing and show you that an Old Style Carnival can possess some fabulous old style Glamour. I had so much fun putting this together so fingers crossed you will enjoy watching it just as much… Enjoy : )”

Watch the video:

Want to see more of the Golden Plan? Go to: http://challenge.goldenpages.ie/