Business Services Industry
InfoSpace to Power Web Search for Free SAS, One of the Leading French ISPs
Business Wire, June 7, 2007
LONDON -- Free SAS, a premiere French ISP (http://www.free.fr) has become the latest online brand to sign an exclusive Web search agreement with InfoSpace (http://www.infospacesearch.co.uk) for its unique metasearch services.
Free will introduce InfoSpace's metasearch functionality across its portal, enabling users to search the Web and receive the best results from all of the major engines, including Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask and more in one click.
Free is the first ISP in France to implement InfoSpace's metasearch. Free has a tradition of market-leading innovation and is the third most visited website in France with 13.6 million unique visitors (source Mediametrie, Netratings, February 2007).
InfoSpace's metasearch technology has established the company as a key player in the Web search market. Most recently, InfoSpace's U.S. Web site Dogpile.com, which utilizes metasearch, received the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates award, ranking it "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Internet Users with Primary Search Engines/Functions" in the U.S.A.(a)
Dominic Trigg, managing director at InfoSpace Europe explains, "This appointment marks our first major win in the French market and reflects the increased focus by ISPs across Europe to offer a differentiated, superior Web search as part of their efforts to provide a comprehensive online experience for their audience."
John Thornhill, vice president business development at InfoSpace Europe adds, "We are delighted by this exciting partnership, not only because it signifies a continuation of our European expansion strategy, but also because Free is an ideal match for us in terms of innovation, aspiration and culture. We look forward to a long and successful relationship."
Footnote: (a) Dogpile received the highest numerical score for primary search engines in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Residential Online Service Customer Satisfaction Study(SM). Study based on responses from 10,787 residential customers of internet service providers, measuring 7 search engines/functions. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed June - July 2006. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com
About InfoSpace Europe
http://www.infospacesearch.co.uk
InfoSpace Europe markets Web search and online directory products that help users find the information they need while creating revenue opportunities for partners. InfoSpace Europe operates its own Web search sites including Webfetch (www.Webfetch.co.uk) and powers the search results on high profile partner sites: The Sun, The Guardian Regional Newspapers, EMAP, London Stock Exchange and Pipex. InfoSpace has been developing online solutions since 1996.
About InfoSpace Online
InfoSpace Online is a leading developer of proprietary metasearch technologies and a provider of Web sites that offer search, local search and online directory products and services to consumers on a global basis. InfoSpace's family of Web properties includes Dogpile (www.dogpile.com), WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com), MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com), Zoo (www.zoo.com), Switchboard (www.switchboard.com), InfoSpace (www.infospace.com) and WebFetch (www.webfetch.com), which showcase the company's leading metasearch technology and key advertising partnerships with companies like Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask, Idearc and Yellowpages.com. Both online and mobile users benefit from the best-in-class local search experience of InfoSpace Find It! (www.infospacefindit.com). InfoSpace Online also delivers compelling revenue opportunities for its partners, such as Cablevision, through its private-label online search and directory services.
InfoSpace Europe and InfoSpace Online are businesses of InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP). For information about InfoSpace, please visit: http://www.infospaceinc.com.
About Free SAS
Free SAS is a subsidiary of Iliad. The Iliad Group is a dominant player on the French Internet and telecommunications market with Free (No 1 alternative ADSL operator with 2,498,000 ADSL subscribers on 31/03/2007), Onetel and Iliad Telecom (landline telephone operators), IFW (Wimax). The Iliad Group is listed on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris under the abbreviation ILD.
Cautionary Note about Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements regarding InfoSpace and its relationship with Free SAS. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. 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 actual performance under the Free SAS agreement. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed from time to time, in the section entitled "Risk Factors." 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.
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