To: Duke who wrote (1205 ) 5/6/1999 9:06:00 AM From: myturn Respond to of 4337
GBDI's web site opening up today. Thursday May 6, 8:31 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Global Business Information Directory Goes Live SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1999--Global Business Information Directory, Inc (Global) (OTC BB:GBDI) announces the opening of their website www.gbid.com at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The new site, which has been in a test mode for the last month, will provide companies and individuals free access to an initial database of approximately 16 million companies across the United States. Global's President Steve Carmichael said, ''Today's opening of our website is the culmination of several years of hard work. Using a geographic search mechanism, this directory offers Internet users an easy and direct method of quickly identifying needed services or new business opportunities. Over the next few months we will be adding new country databases, making Global the world's largest source of free company information, and truly a global directory service. Our research group is already working on additional new services and will be continually refining our search mechanisms to ensure that we maintain our strong lead position in this marketplace.'' Global will be featured today on Talk-Stock Radio with host Kenneth Coleman interviewing President Steve Carmichael, to provide additional information to the investing public. The interview may be accessed free of charge at www.talk-stock.com at 6:00 p.m. PDT (9:00 p.m. EDT). Global Business Information Directory, Inc is positioned as the first global geographic search engine on the Internet. The new search engine is designed to provide business with an opportunity to market themselves globally through and to achieve worldwide contacts through the services of Global. Global offers full services, including website hosting, e-commerce solutions and website construction. This document may contain certain forward-looking information and statements concerning the Company's operations, performance and financial condition, including, in particular, the likelihood of the Company's success in developing and expanding its business. These statements are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Contact: Global Business Information Directory Investor Relations, 888/889-9214 www.gbid.com