InfoSpace’s
WebFetch.com first in Europe to add MSN Search
Released on
= August 10, 2005, 11:19 pm
Press Release
Author = Elemental PR
Industry = Advertising
Press Release
Summary = InfoSpace Search & Directory http://www.infospaceinc.com,
a leading Web search and online directory services provider, today
announce that
search results from MSN Search are now available on its metasearch
engine WebFetch http://www.webfetch.com for Europe.
Press Release
Body = 11 August 2005, London, UK
InfoSpace’s
WebFetch.com first in Europe to add MSN Search
InfoSpace Search
& Directory Sign Deal with MSN Search - With addition of MSN
Search, WebFetch.com Users Can Efficiently Find More of The Web’s
Most Relevant
Search Results in One Place
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InfoSpace Search
& Directory http://www.infospaceinc.com, a leading Web search
and
online directory services provider, today announce that search results
from MSN Search are now available on its metasearch engine WebFetch
http://www.webfetch.com
for Europe.
By becoming
the first in Europe to combine results from the four leading search
engines – MSN, Google, Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves – WebFetch.com
gives consumers the most comprehensive view of the web and helps
them efficiently retrieve the most relevant results.
Dominic Trigg,
Vice President of Search & Directory at InfoSpace Europe explains,
“With continued explosive growth of online search, MSN Search
is a terrific addition
to our metasearch capability. As the only provider to have relationships
with all four of the most popular algorithms, we are able to offer
a search solution uniquely designed to provide end users with the
most relevant results and support our partners’ business agendas.”
Most people
believe search results across all four engines are the same, when,
in fact, the vast majority of the results from each engine are different.
A new study
conducted by InfoSpace’s Dogpile.com in the US, in conjunction
with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania
State University evaluated 12,570 random queries run on MSN Search,
Google, Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves. It found only 1.1%
of first page results were the same across all four engines. The
full results of the study can be found at http://CompareSearchEngines.dogpile.com/whitepaper.
Trigg continues,
“InfoSpace’s metasearch product allows its private-label
partners to deliver a differentiated search experience that their
customers can’t find at any
single engine. By bringing together the top results in one place,
InfoSpace’s partners are able to deliver top quality results
under their own brand and generate superior monetization.”
InfoSpace has
built a tool that allows consumers to compare the results of the
leading engines for themselves. The new comparison search tool can
be found at http://missingpieces.webfetch.com/
InfoSpace’s
Dogpile.com, which primarily caters for the US search market, added
MSN last week.
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----Notes to editors----
This press release
in available in PDF, plain text and Word formats. Photographs are
available of the InfoSpace team.
The media spokesperson
for InfoSpace Europe is Dominic Trigg, Vice President of InfoSpace
Europe.
About InfoSpace
http://www.infospaceinc.com
InfoSpace is
a leader in mobile entertainment, private-label search and online
directory. The company is comprised of two divisions — Search
& Directory and
Mobile.
The InfoSpace Search and Directory division uses unique metasearch
technology to provide Internet search and directory services. The
mobile division offers wireless
solutions that help customers build stronger brands and generate
incremental revenue. InfoSpace enable delivery of information and
entertainment services to consumers, while creating opportunities
for partners, advertisers and content publishers.
About InfoSpace
Search & Directory
http://www.infospaceinc.com/search
InfoSpace Search
& Directory markets Web search and online directory products
that help users find the information they need while creating revenue
opportunities for merchants. InfoSpace Search & Directory operates
a family of Internet properties that includes WebFetch (http://www.webfetch.com),
Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com), Switchboard (http://www.switchboard.com),
WebCrawler (http://www.webcrawler.com), InfoSpace.com (http://www.infospace.com)
and MetaCrawler
(http://www.metacrawler.com). InfoSpace Search & Directory also
powers Web search, along with online yellow and white pages, for
a variety of Web sites. InfoSpace Search & Directory is a business
of InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP)
About MSN
http://www.msn.com
MSN attracts
more than 380 million unique users worldwide per month. With localized
versions available globally in 40 markets and 20 languages, MSN
is a world leader in delivering Web services to consumers and online
advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide. The most useful
and innovative online service today, MSN
brings consumers everything they need from the Web to make the most
of their time online. MSN is located on the Web at http://www.msn.com.
MSN worldwide sites are
located at http://www.msn.com/worldwide.ashx.
This release
contains forward-looking statements regarding InfoSpace's Search
& Directory business including its online search services and
its distribution
agreement with MSN Search. 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 MSN Search agreement, the progress
and costs of the development of our products and services, and the
timing and extent 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K
and quarterly reports on form 10-Q as filed from
time to time, 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.
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