FreeEDGAR.com To Supply EDGAR Data to Go2Net's Silicon Investor
KIRKLAND, Wash., Aug 16, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) -- FreeEDGAR.com,Inc. announced today that Go2Net, Inc., has selected FreeEDGAR as the source of EDGAR filings for Silicon Investor (http://www.siliconinvestor.com), the Web's premier financial discussion and information site. Go2Net is the third company to select FreeEDGAR.com's market-leading EDGAR services in the last twomonths, joining Reuters and Standard & Poor's Compustat.
Users of Silicon Investor can now link directly to desired EDGAR filings in FreeEDGAR from various locations in the Silicon Investor site. This enhancement coincides with a comprehensive redesign of Silicon Investor that also includes new charting and financial analysis capabilities, portfolio tracking tools, proprietary articles and company research.
"Silicon Investor members demand quality content and services, so FreeEDGAR is our provider of choice for EDGAR filings," said Bryan Burdick, Go2Net vice president and managing director of Silicon Investor. "In particular, FreeEDGAR's ease of use, the ability to download tables directly into Excel spreadsheets, and overall reliability of the service are key factors that we felt would appeal to our members."
"With a base of more than 120,000 active members who post approximately 600,000 messages per month, Silicon Investor is an impressive resource for do-it-yourself investors, and we are pleased to be able to add value to the service with FreeEDGAR data," said Michael Sobieck, FreeEDGAR.com Product Manager. "This partnership furthers our mission of making EDGAR filings easily available in a format that is useful for analysis."
About FreeEDGAR.com
Founded in 1993 as Partes Corporation, FreeEDGAR.com, Inc. develops products that automatically structure and deliver financial data to analysts and investors by transforming flat text and HTML formats into interactive data analysis and interpretation tools. The company's FreeEDGAR web site (www.FreeEDGAR.com) provides free access to indexed EDGAR filings, a watch list service with e-mail alerts for targeted company filings, and instant financial table downloads into Excel spreadsheets. Its EDGAR Data Service, available on a contract basis to commercial data providers and application developers, adds seamless integration capabilities via APIs and XML support, theoption to print filings in Rich Text Format, and the option to download tables into full Excel workbooks. FreeEDGAR.com, Inc. has offices in New York City and Kirkland, Washington. For more information, contact (425) 739-9651 x151, e-mail sales@freeedgar.com, or visit freeedgar.com
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