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Verizon SuperPages.Com and InfoSpace Announce Renewed Distribution Agreement to Provide Yellow Pages Listings

Posted on: Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 09:00 CDT

Verizon SuperPages.com and InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP) today announced a renewed agreement to provide yellow pages advertising on InfoSpace's online directory site InfoSpace.com (www.infospace.com), its online search sites including Dogpile.com, and some of InfoSpace's network of affiliate sites. The agreement expands the reach of SuperPages.com's advertisers to include millions of users who visit InfoSpace's network of online yellow pages sites each month.

"For a decade, we have built relationships with local businesses across the country," said Robyn Rose, vice president -- Internet Marketing for SuperPages.com. "We continue to grow those relationships by putting our advertisers in front of more Internet users. We look forward to working with them to extend the reach of our advertisers' messages to their online network."

Rose also emphasized that driving quality traffic to advertisers, especially SuperPages.com's Pay For Calls and Pay Per Click customers, is critical to competing in online local search.

"As local search evolves, providers will need to collaborate and leverage their strengths to create a more relevant search experience for users and to maximize return on investment for advertisers," she said.

"The agreement expands our relationship with SuperPages.com and advances our strategy to provide users with the most robust information on local businesses," said Brian McManus, executive vice president of sales and business development at InfoSpace. "We continue to believe in the long-term opportunity in local search, and relationships like this one with SuperPages are not only key to delivering significant benefit to both directory users and advertisers today, they are vital to the development of the next generation of local search products."

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

About Verizon Yellow Pages and SuperPages.com

Verizon Information Services, a division of Verizon Communications Corp. (NYSE:VZ), is the nation's most advanced provider of yellow pages and related shopping information. It has $3.5 billion in revenues from products including: Verizon Yellow Pages; Verizon SuperPages.com (www.superpages.com), the nation's best Internet directory and a leading online shopping resource; and the SuperPages On the Go information directory offered through Verizon Wireless Get It Now services and on other wireless carriers. The company is the largest publisher of Hispanic directories in the U.S. and the first to provide a Hispanic online shopping resource (www.superpages.com/espanol).

About InfoSpace

InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP) drives mobile media innovation. With one of the world's largest mobile content libraries, InfoSpace makes it easy for consumers to discover, personalize and enjoy their on-the-go experiences. The company uses its superior discovery, merchandising and technology capabilities to help facilitate the delivery of original and licensed content across hundreds of mobile devices and through multiple channels. InfoSpace also mobilizes brands and creates programming and revenue opportunities for mobile operators. The company's products and services have extensive reach in North America and Europe through carriers such as Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Virgin Mobile; in partnership with world-class brands such as Cablevision and Fox News; and through online Web sites such as Dogpile (Dogpile.com), which showcase the company's leading metasearch technology and key advertising partnerships with companies like Google, Yahoo!, Verizon SuperPages and Yellowpages.com. More information can be found at www.infospaceinc.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding InfoSpace's search and directory business and its agreement with Verizon SuperPages. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect InfoSpace's actual results include InfoSpace's ability to integrate Verizon SuperPages business listings, the future performance of InfoSpace.com and its affiliate sites, and the rate of adoption of online directory services. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as filed from time to time, in the section entitled "Risk Factors." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Source: Business Wire

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