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Hitsgalore.com Announces New "Portal
Services" And New Site Layout
Business Wire - July 13, 1999 10:45
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1999--
Hitsgalore.com, Inc. (OTC BB:HITT) today announced that it now provides a
total of 6 free benefits, or "Portal Services (TM)" to users of it's website
located at hitsgalore.com. The profitable search portal already
provides Free Lifetime Banner Placement and Free Banner Generation.
Hitsgalore.com's profitable sponsor / advertiser driven business model also lets
advertisers "pay for what they get" through a competitive real-time Keyword
"Bid & Ranking" process. Advertisers have complete control of where they
rank in the search results and only pay for actual "click-throughs" to their site.
Sponsors of the free Portal Services seamlessly benefit by collecting a valuable
opt-in database of quality contacts.
Director of Technology Dorian Reed, said, "we are proud to introduce our
new Portal Services(TM). These services represent our commitment to our
sponsors, advertisers and members to add new and exciting ways to increase
traffic and benefits to all who make Hitsgalore.com their search portal of
choice".
FREE LIFETIME BANNER PLACEMENT
A hallmark of the Hitsgalore.com site has been providing advertisers with
"Free Lifetime Banner Placement". Advertisers literally pay nothing for an
unlimited number of click-throughs and exposures on a high-traffic search
portal. Advertisers can place a full size banner (468x60 ) in the run of site
areas, including the Hitsgalore.com home page. Advertisers must become a
bidder in the Company's Keyword Bid & Rank program if they want their
banner to appear on the search result pages.
FREE BANNER GENERATION
A must-have service for many fledgling businesses. Banners are the "billboards
of the information highway" and Hitsgalore.com has been providing banner
generation since it's beta release in 1998. The new Hitsgalore.com banner
generator is driven by Macromedia technology and the Company expects to
offer audio and Shockwave banners with the next few weeks. The Company
will also add additional background selections to offer even more variety in the
coming weeks.
FREE ROBUST WEB-BASED INTERNET E-MAIL SERVICE:
"HITSMAIL(TM)"
As a result of the Company's acquisition of Solvere's Internet Division this past
March, the Company acquired intellectual properties which included a
newly-developed, state-of the-art web-based e-mail technology which
emulates popular software e-mail programs. Technology Director Reed said,
"Hitsmail(TM) is one of the most robust free web-based e-mail services
available on the internet, and is capable of managing enterprise level e-mail
needs." Additional features to be added to Hitsmail(TM) will soon allow users
to manage their mail utilizing their own domain name. The Company will also
be enhancing the look and feel of the free service to further simplify its many
features.
FREE INTERNET VOICE MAIL "CLEAR HIGH-QUALITY VOICE
MESSAGES WITH
ROCKETTALK"
Hitsgalore.com is the first high-traffic search portal to offer this cutting edge
technology offered through RocketTalk. With RocketTalk, a user can send a
clear, 2-minute, hi-quality voice message as easy as sending e-mail. Even if the
recipient is not a RocketTalk user, the message will play as long as they have
speakers.
The Company will offer the service free to users who can download a user
interface that resides on the desktop. The user interface, or "icon", is labeled
with Hitsgalore.com and provides a mini-search window to allow any user to
go directly to the Hitsgalore.com web-site and conduct searches. "This
product is very, very contagious. It's the best I've seen anywhere," said Reed.
"We think it will spread like wildfire, and that means Hitsgalore.com and its
sponsors, advertisers and members get the maximum exposure from this
service".
FREE REAL-TIME QUOTES
This free portal service is another "must have" for Hitsgalore.com's
demographics. Hitsgalore.com generates much of its traffic from both business
and business minded people, according to a Company survey of its customer
database. Users can now check out stock quotes on a real-time basis free. As
with all of the Hitsgalore.com Portal Services(TM), users must opt-in register
and be sponsored. However, a user can also get delayed quotes free and
without registration. Reed said, "Stock quotes are an excellent way to retain
members on the site, and this service is very rich in features, including a full
portfolio, news, charts and other key services that many other stock quote
services charge for or don't provide at all." Hitsgalore.com and Stockpoint will
soon issue a joint press release about this new alliance to provide these
services to Hitsgalore.com.
ABOUT HITSGALORE.COM
Hitsgalore.com (which previously traded as OTCBB:HITS) gives away free
lifetime banner placements and banners, generating revenue from its Keyword
Bid & Rank program, banner and other Portal Services(TM) sponsorship, and
Local City Editions featuring local content. Hitsgalore.com strives to provide
porn-free searching and does not accept or encourage any porn or
adult-content listings on its site. The company believes this compares favorably
with other Internet portals and search engine companies in general, such as
GOTO.com Inc: (Nasdaq:GOTO), BeFirst.com (Nasdaq:FWHT), Lycos Inc.
(Nasdaq:LCOS), Ask Jeeves Inc. (Nasdaq: ASKJ ), Infoseek Corporation
(Nasdaq:SEEK) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO). The recent acquisition by
Hitsgalore.com of the Internet Division of Solvere, Inc., a company that has
previously partnered with such industry leading companies as Microsoft
(Nasdaq:MSFT), MCI (Nasdaq:WCOM), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO),
Compaq Computer (NYSE:CPQ), and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP),
provides Hitsgalore.com control over certain proprietary internet technologies
that will be launched soon.
Statements in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking"
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is
defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Hitsgalore.com, Inc. intends that such statements about the company's future
expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other
forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbors created thereby.
Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and
uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual
results could differ materially from expected results.
CONTACT: Investor Relations:
Hitsgalore.com, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga
Danny Gavin, 800/300-5388
or investor@hitsgalore.com |
