Video rental stores, baggy jeans and Danish pop stars Aqua. There are some things that didn't make it out of the last decade. But not so the Yellow and White Pages, the once mighty directories that continue to find their way onto front lawns around the country.

And despite the arrival of the Google-era, you might be surprised to learn the books might be delivered for at least another decade.

Sensis, the company that produces the directories, will continue to do so while ever there's still demand and lucrative ad revenue.

"There's still quite a strong audience," group manager of distribution Stephen Harvy told Fairfax Media.