Hitsgalore.com No. 1 `NoPorn' On Search Engine List
Hitsgalore Seeks Investor Support For Family/Business Values Stance
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2000-- Hitsgalore.com, Inc. (OTC BB: HITTE), a rapidly growing business-to-business (B2B) Internet company, declared today that its search engine site, www.hitsgalore.com, is the highest ranked `pornography free' search engine in WorldHot's list of the "World's Hottest 100 Search Web Sites" accessible at www.worldhot.com/world/search_engine/.
"To put it bluntly, push aside all those search engines profiting from pornography, and we rise to the top of the list," says Dorian Reed, Chairman of Hitsgalore.com. "The WorldHot list includes the likes of Yahoo, AltaVista and AOL Search, so in one sense we are proud to be in that prestigious company. But we are the highest on the list that does not promote pornographic material or allow links to pornographic material. That is an all-important factor that WorldHot did not consider when they made the list."
"I think some credit is due for the fact that we are competing for recognition and dollars against companies that are gaining significantly from porn income while we not only avoid porn but are expending resources to eliminate it," adds Reed. "And I'm no newcomer to this cause. For over two years we have worked hard building our company against powerful competition - but we have never taken the easy, pornography route to success."
"Lots of people today invest with a conscience. They demand performance, sure, but they don't want profit `at any cost'. We are acting on that principle in blocking porn and want likeminded investors to know what we are up against," says Reed.
Hitsgalore notifies all prospective clients of the company's `no porn' policy in the application stage. The company then screens further to eliminate porn added later to its existing sites by employing word algorithmic screening programs to detect pornographic content. Customers must then remove the objectionable material or be removed from the Hitsgalore site.
Hitsgalore.com does not even allow its sites to use the dodge of an "Under Eighteen, Do Not Enter" disclaimer. "That `Porn Alert or Porn Option' button," as Reed calls it, "attracts more than it discourages. Kids zoom in on that so called `filter' like it's a neon sign. And kids worldwide are, in my opinion, a major focus and victims of Internet porn."
Reed's view is supported, for example, by a recent survey of students in Singapore. Three in 10 student Internet users in Singapore who took part in the survey have visited sex sites on the Internet, and ten percent are regular users, according to a Nanyang Technological University survey on "Cyberporn and Censorship" reported in Channel NewsAsia, Singapore News on May 10, 2000. The survey found that eight of ten of the students who use the Net have met people who ask them for phone numbers, say offensive things or pretend to be someone else.
Hitsgalore.com ranks forty-second on the WorldHot list of sites ranked according to numbers of hits. Thirty-three of the forty-one sites listed ahead of Hitsgalore contain porn or have easy links to porn sites. Three of the sites ranked ahead of Hitsgalore are international and could not be accessed to be evaluated for porn content. Those are number 26, Sina.com (Chinese); number 29, Goo (Japan); and number 30, Sohu.com, (Chinese).
The following five sites that ranked ahead of Hitsgalore.com on the WorldHot list do not feature porn; number 40, ditto.com, offers a gallery of photographs (not porn); number 39, Suite 101.com, offers articles on art history, culture and music; number 35, Boat Trader Online, trades boats; number 34, Pronet, offers Internet access, domain name registration, etc.; number 6, Inktomi, offers scalable software applications for Internet media companies. These companies do not compete with Hitsgalore.com, but we are pleased to recognize them for succeeding without pornography.
"We are foregoing all the enormous income changing hands over porn." continues Reed. "And, believe me, I know the enormity and temptation of that cash flow. Each month we at Hitsgalore add between 800 and 1000 customers to our site, but we turn away between 18,000 and 20,000. Yes, thousands! Over ninety percent of those seeking sites want to set up porn opportunities. That is how big the demand for porn is on the Web."
"But don't get me wrong," concludes Reed. Being anti porn does not mean we are, for example, a religion site. We are a secular, business site. But I do want my own children to have a porn free search site, that is true. And I would be personally embarrassed if my kids or their friends found porn on a site for which I'm responsible. That's true too. My site is a business to business (B2B) site, so my objection to porn on Hitsgalore.com is based on the fact that I see no place for porn in business. The businessmen I talk to every day feel the same way."
About Hitsgalore.com
Hitsgalore.com (www.hitsgalore.com) has a unique business model of giving away free banners, lifetime banner placement, and other Portal Services. The Company believes its business model compares favorably with other Internet portals and search engine companies. The Company generates revenue from its Keyword Bid & Rank program, sponsorships of Portal Services, and Local City Editions. 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 is also involved in the rapidly growing business-to-business e-commerce sector through its unique Hitsgalore Business Exchange 2000 (HBX2000) (www.hbx2000.com) portal service. Hitsgalore is the innovator and developer of the first B2B Internet Business Exchange that offers a trade organization to provide pre-qualified "one on one sales introductions" for its listed companies, the Company is the market leader in this newly unearthed market niche.
The Company believes its HBX2000 business model compares favorably with others in the B2B Internet e-commerce markets such as Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), Commerce One, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMRC), Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP).
The statements made by Hitsgalore.com (HITT) may be forward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. This information is not a recommendation to buy or sell securities in Hitsgalore. The statements and opinions presented are the views of Hitsgalore.com and are subject to change. Merger Communications (Merger) is a media relations firm employed by the Company. Merger and Hitsgalore.com believe that all information in this release has been obtained from sources considered reliable, but cannot guarantee that the statements presented herein are accurate or complete. Hitsgalore.com believes that its primary risk factors include, but are not limited to: the need for substantial financial requirements; the need to develop effective internal processes and systems; changes in the overall economy; changes in technology; the number and size of competitors in its markets; continued and future strategic alliances; changes in the law and regulatory policy; and the mix of products and services offered in Hitsgalore.com's target markets. Merger Communications, its officers, directors, and employees own 35,000 restricted shares of company common stock. Merger typically has a long position in the securities of the companies in which it publishes information, and Merger may be buying or selling securities in the course of its regular business.
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Maybe Dorian should hit Pat Robertson up for some money to spread the good word. A little crosses and crufixes on the website might change the look. Jim Baker could be a celebrity endorser. "All religions all the time" could be the business model (after they get their 90% cut of course).
Someone should ask Bob Sims to put the stock price on the thread. I see it was down only 20% today. Could have been worse expect for the saving press release.
I like those risk factors. Sounds like the intro to "Why you shouldn't gamble on penny stocks."
Site does have its share of obscure stock tips hustles, mail order physcription drug that are delivered discreetly to your door, nude photography and sculpture, bounty hunters reward sites, online gun auctions, and an overflow of results if "millionaire" is typed. What HITTE loses in LUST they compensate in GREED.
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