(USW) LookSmart and U S WEST Join Forces to Enrich U S WEST.net Subscribers'
Online Experience
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 22, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Web Directory Will Provide U S WEST.net(R) Customers Speedy,
Dynamic Access to LookSmart's Directory of Over One Million
Content-Rich Web Sites
LookSmart (NASDAQ: LOOK), a leading online navigation service, today
announced it is teaming with U S WEST to provide new, co-branded,
content-rich launch pages, or portals, for U S WEST.net consumer and
small business customers. The relationship gives U S WEST.net
subscribers access to LookSmart's comprehensive directory of over one
million unique Web sites with more than 100,000 categories.
"We're pleased that U S WEST.net has selected LookSmart as a major
navigation and content provider for their customers, making this one of
our largest ISP alliances to date," said Evan Thornley, co-founder and
CEO of LookSmart. "LookSmart's mission is to become the global standard
of online navigation. To date, we've had great success in teaming up
with significant partners who are helping us achieve this goal. U S
WEST is certainly a marquee customer for LookSmart."
LookSmart consistently rates among the top 15 most-used Web properties
as measured by Media Metrix. Its rigorous editorial process provides a
distinguishing feature that simplifies and improves users' online
experience. LookSmart has one of the Internet's largest editorial teams
- over 180 Web editors - who select, describe and organize Web sites to
simplify navigating the Internet for customers.
LookSmart also offers U S WEST.net subscribers unique online content,
including:
-- LookSmart Money - A complete financial service; -- The Talk of The
Internet - A live online radio program that is
nationally syndicated and features interviews, cool Web sites,
contests, health tips and stock reports; -- LookSmart Premium Shops - A
single point of access to name brand,
online retail sites with added value features including universal
shopping carts and wish lists.
"Giving our customers access to high-quality content through
LookSmart will add significant depth and value to their online
experience," said Eric Bozich, vice president, Internet Services and
Applications, U S WEST !NTERPRISE Networking. "It is our goal to
continually provide innovative, integrated communications solutions
that simplify life at home, work, or on the go."
About LookSmart
LookSmart (NASDAQ:LOOK) is a leading online navigation company whose
mission is to be the global standard of online navigation. LookSmart
has already launched sites for the U.S., the UK, Canadian, Australian,
and Netherlands markets and has built directories for Japan, Korea,
France, Singapore, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland,
Spain, Italy, Malaysia, and Mexico. LookSmart currently provides its
navigation products to leading Internet portals, ISPs and Web sites
including The Microsoft Network, Netscape Netcenter, Excite@Home,
AltaVista, NetZero, AT&T Global Network Services and over 280 Internet
Service Providers and 600,000 Web sites. The company is headquartered
in San Francisco and can be contacted at (415) 597-4850 or visited at
www.looksmart.com.
About U S WEST
U S WEST (NYSE:USW) provides a full range of telecommunications
services - including wireline, wireless PCS, data networking, directory
and information services - to more than 25 million customers nationally
and in 14 Western and Midwestern states. More information about U S
WEST can be found on the Internet at uswest.com. U S WEST
!NTERPRISE Networking is the data networking arm of U S WEST, and can
be found on the Internet at uswest.com.
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CONTACT: LookSmart
Liz Connaghan, 415/597-4850
lconnaghan@looksmart.net
or
U S WEST !NTERPRISE Networking
Jon Lentz, 303/896-0934
blentz@uswest.com
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