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 |
