Smaller businesses are losing opportunities to connect with consumers. They need to compete more on quality and service if they cannot match the price of national brands. It could mean offering mobile services -- after all, half of consumers who perform a local search on a smartphone visit a store within a day, per Google.

Marchex filed an 8-K this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission to update its status with YP, a spinoff from AT&T. The company said in the filing that it renewed its Pay-for-Call Distribution Agreement with YP through 2016. There's more.