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Gymamerica.com Pumps Up the Go2Net Network; The Online Fitness and Nutrition Powerhouse Announces Its Partnership With One of the Web's Top Portals
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 2000 9:54 AM EST
ARLINGTON, Va., Mar 21, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The evolution of online fitness just went high-speed today, as gymamerica.com announced its partnership with Go2Net (Nasdaq:GNET) (http://www.go2net.com/), one of the Internet's leading networks.
Under the multiyear agreement, gymamerica.com becomes Go2Net's preferred content partner in fitness and nutrition, exclusively powering Go2Net.com's fitness section and providing original content to the Network's affiliated Web sites. The Go2Net Network will feature branded links to gymamerica.com's state-of-the-art online training and nutrition applications, which create expert-designed individual workout and meal plans free of charge. Additionally, Go2Net and gymamerica.com will develop innovative co-marketing campaigns that will highlight the advantages of the newly formed relationship and offer promotional incentives for participation in gymamerica.com.
"This partnership gives us a fantastic opportunity to reach the millions of people searching for the best support to stay fit," said gymamerica.com Executive Vice President of Business Development Dan Scanlan. "The Go2Net Network has proven its strength as an industry leader with phenomenal visitation numbers, visionary planning, and a solid growth strategy. We look forward to developing this mutually beneficial partnership."
The Go2Net Network, currently ranked twelfth on Media Metrix's list of the Web's most popular destinations, includes several of the Internet's best-known vertical sites, including Silicon Investor, HyperMart, MetaCrawler, Dogpile, 100Hot, and PlaySite, among others. According to Media Metrix, the Go2Net Network attracts more than 12.6 million unique visitors each month.
"Gymamerica.com has established itself as one of the Internet's premier fitness and nutrition destinations," said Thomas M. Camp, Go2Net Vice President of Business Development. "We're pleased to make their truly innovative offerings accessible across the Go2Net Network."
"It has always been our goal to provide the highest quality fitness and nutritional advice available on the Internet," said gymamerica.com President Jim Mrowka. "Partnering with a highly regarded content provider like the Go2Net Network extends our ability to reinforce that mission and advocate a healthy lifestyle."
About Go2Net Go2Net (http://www.go2net.com/) is one of the Internet's leading networks, providing consumer services, business services, and enabling services. The company offers through the World Wide Web a network of branded properties and aggregated content in the categories of search and directory, personal finance, multiplayer games, small business services, and e-commerce solutions. The company also develops Internet technologies for its own network and for license to strategic partners. The Go2Net Network is home to many of the Internet's leading vertical destinations, including MetaCrawler, Silicon Investor, the HyperMart Network, PlaySite, Dogpile, and 100hot.
About gymamerica.com Gymamerica.com (http://www.gymamerica.com/) was founded in March 1999 by Harvard alumni Tom Christ and Jim Mrowka in order to provide high-quality, personalized fitness and nutrition support free of charge in a manner that both beginners and dedicated fitness enthusiasts would find helpful. eXalt, the site's proprietary personal training software, develops individualized, day-by-day exercise plans for gymamerica.com members, keeping track of their progress and modifying each member's workouts based upon his or her performance. Members are also presented hundreds of original, informative articles by top health experts and experienced journalists. Soon, gymamerica.com will unveil nuTraQ, an interactive nutritional software application that customizes meal plans for individual users. Gymamerica.com's team of Superstars -- comprised of more than 50 of today's top athletes-like baseball sluggers Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez, Pro Bowl quarterback Brad Johnson, soccer star Kristine Lilly, hockey All-Star Brian Leetch, and Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne share their tips and actual workouts exclusively with the site for members
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