CommTouch and Go2Net Collaborate to Deliver Customized Email over the Go2Net Network
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SEATTLE, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- CommTouch Software (Nasdaq: CTCH), a leading global provider of outsourced email for corporations and consumers, and Go2Net (Nasdaq: GNET), a network of branded, technology- and community-driven Web sites, today announced the launch of Custom Mail(TM) free email services on Go2Net's Silicon Investor (http://www.siliconinvestor.com), the Web's premier financial discussion and information site, and Go2Net's metasearch service, MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com). This is the first step in a series of customized email and communication services CommTouch and Go2Net will implement across the Go2Net Network in the months ahead.
The Custom Mail solution allows all registered Silicon Investor and MetaCrawler users to sign up for free, personalized Silicon Investor or MetaCrawler email accounts, powered by CommTouch. In addition to free email, the Custom Mail service offered through the Go2Net sites provides online calendaring, contact lists and day-to-day 'to do' lists, among other features. CommTouch and Go2Net also plan to deploy Custom Mail to other Go2Net Network properties, including HyperMart (http://www.hypermart.net) and Virtual Avenue (http://www.virtualave.net).
In the coming months, an additional CommTouch initiative to provide specialized, co-branded email and communication solutions for small and medium sized businesses will be introduced for HyperMart, Virtual Avenue and Go2Net's FreeYellow.com (http://www.freeyellow.com), which together provide free hosting and other services for more than 750,000 member businesses. A private-label version of the CommTouch ZapZone Network (http://www.zzn.com) will enable individual HyperMart, Virtual Avenue and FreeYellow.com member businesses to automatically create customized, free email services for their sites' respective visitors, complete with a sub-domain name of their choice. The ZapZone Network currently serves more than 150,000 Web sites and is growing by about 700 new sites daily.
"As home to several of the Internet's most popular vertical destinations, the Go2Net Network is ideally suited for the highly specialized email and communication products CommTouch provides," said Thomas M. Camp, Go2Net's vice president of business development. "As we continue to develop the Go2Net Network's communications infrastructure, we look forward to working with CommTouch to offer industry-leading email, calendaring and other communication solutions for our users."
"We are enormously pleased with the results of this relationship," said Yael Elish, vice president of strategic development for CommTouch. "Our alliance with Go2Net represents a unique opportunity to incorporate our various strengths into one powerful online network. This represents just the beginning of significant programs our two companies plan to implement together."
About CommTouch
Serving 7.5 million active Email boxes and more than 200 clients around the world, CommTouch is a leading provider of outsourced email and messaging services for corporations and consumers worldwide. CommTouch email is designed for superior performance and rapid scalability, offering end user interfaces in sixteen of the world's major languages.
With more than eight years of delivering intuitive, award-winning email software, CommTouch provides its customers a truly comprehensive turn-key email service, together with options for premium communications services and direct marketing opportunities.
Founded in 1991, CommTouch has offices in Silicon Valley, New York City, London and Tel Aviv. Additional Company information may be obtained by visiting www.commtouch.com.
About Go2Net, Inc.
Go2Net (http://www.go2net.com/) is a network of branded, technology- and community-driven Web sites focused on the categories of personal finance; search and directory; commerce and business services; and multi-player games. The Go2Net Network is home to many of the Internet's leading vertical brands, including: Silicon Investor in the personal finance category; Go2Net.com, MetaCrawler, Dogpile, and 100hot in the area of search and directory; HyperMart, Virtual Avenue, FreeYellow.com, Authorize.Net, Haggle Online, and WebMarket in the commerce and business services segment; and PlaySite in the area of multi-player games. The company's Go2Net Labs division develops Web-related software and innovative technologies to enhance the features and functionality of the Go2Net Network's sites and for licensing to other Internet companies.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those relating to the company's ability to grow its user and advertiser base. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the company's limited operating history, the competitive environment in which the company competes, the early stage of the Web as an advertising and electronic commerce medium, the company's dependence on advertising and sponsorship revenues, the company's dependence on strategic relationships to drive traffic to its Web sites, consumer acceptance of the company's new products and services, the company's ability to develop and integrate new technologies and services into its existing services, and the increased use of the Web for commerce.
More information about the potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1998 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 31, 1998, March 31, 1999, and June 30, 1999, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CommTouch is a registered trademark of CommTouch Software Ltd.
Terms and product names in this document may be trademarks of others.
Contacts:
Mark S. Peterson Chris McCarthy
Director of Public Relations Public Relations Director
Go2Net, Inc. CommTouch Software
206-447-1595 408-839-5665
mark@go2net.com cmc@commtouch.com
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