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InfoSpace Web Search, According to comScore Media Metrix, Grows Faster Than Any Other Top-10 Search Entity

Business Wire, Nov 5, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2002

InfoSpace Web Search experienced more than eight percent growth, the

largest increase in traffic of any top-10 search entity tracked from

May-September

Since launching its next generation meta-search product in May, InfoSpace Web Search traffic has grown by more than eight percent - more than any other top-10 search entity from May-September, according to comScore Media Metrix, the standard in Internet behavioral measurement. (September 2002 data)

InfoSpace's meta-search technology, which is found at Excite (www.excite.com), Dogpile (www.dogpile.com), WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com) and MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com), allows users to search multiple search engines at once, returning more comprehensive and relevant results fast.

"We're very encouraged by comScore Media Metrix's data. Over the past year we have refocused our Wireline efforts on search and retooled our technology and search sites significantly," said York Baur, executive vice president, wireline and broadband of InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP), a provider of wireless and Internet software and applications services. "Today, more than ever, we believe that the value proposition of meta-search is compelling for consumers. There are billions of Web pages on the Internet and growing. No one search engine can keep up with this growth, which makes meta-search an ideal vehicle to search more of the Web."

Designed to deliver the most applicable results at the right time, InfoSpace's next generation meta-search product identifies the intent of a user's search. Because various search engines return better results for different types of queries, InfoSpace's proprietary meta- search algorithm sorts the results accordingly and then displays a blended mix of highly relevant commercial and non-commercial results for a given search.

Inquiries about comScore Media Metrix can be directed to mmxinfo@comscore.com.

About InfoSpace, Inc.

InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP) provides wireless and Internet software and application services. The Company develops software technologies that enable customers to efficiently offer a broad array of network- based services under their own brand to any device. InfoSpace corporate information can be found at http://www.infospaceinc.com/.> This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the development of InfoSpace, Inc.'s products and services and future operating results, including InfoSpace Web Search, that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect InfoSpace's actual results include the progress and costs of the development of our products and services and the timing of market acceptance of those products and services. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in the section entitled "Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward- looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.