Bankrate.com Wins Online Public Service Medal From Society of Professional Journalists.

Business/Technology Editors

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2000

Senior Reporter Holden Lewis Honored In 1999 Sigma Delta Chi Awards

for Excellence In Journalism

Bankrate.com, a division of the ilife.com (NASDAQ:ILIF) family of web sites, today announced that Senior Reporter Holden Lewis has won the Online Public Service medal in the 1999 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Excellence in Journalism, presented by the National Society of Professional Journalists. He received the award for bankrate.com's special report, "Recovering From a Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Floyd."

The award was given for a story that mirrors the mission of bankrate.com: asking simple but tough questions about what works and what doesn't when it comes to everyday financial affairs. Lewis toured the disaster area six weeks after Hurricane Floyd slammed through North Carolina, in order to observe the financial help provided to disaster victims. His series of stories combined many sharply-observed details of people struggling to rebuild their homes and lives in the midst of mud and despair.

"We are all extremely proud of the work that Holden has done during the past year as one of the 22 journalists on the bankrate.com team," said Brian J. O'Connor, Managing Editor of bankrate.com. "We're doing some of the nation's best consumer-oriented personal finance journalism, on the web or off, and this award recognizes Holden's outstanding contribution to our success."

Lewis joined bankrate.com in 1999, after running the online news desk for the Toledo (OH) Blade, where he also worked as a staff writer and copy editor. Prior to his work at the Blade, he was a correspondent for the Associated Press, where he covered everything from Baby Jessica to college football to advances in cattle feedlot science. To view the special report, "Recovering From a Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Floyd," visit the bankrate.com site at: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/floyd.asp

About bankrate.com

Bankrate.com provides consumers with financial data, research and editorial information on non-investment financial products. A large research team surveys some 4,000 financial institutions every week in order to provide objective rate information on banking products including mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. Bankrate.com is unique in its approach to offering objective rate information on 130 markets in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

About ilife.com

Based in North Palm Beach, Fla., ilife.com (NASDAQ:ILIF) is an industry leader in providing and syndicating personal finance infrastructure for the online consumer public through a broad portfolio of demographically targeted Web sites, print publications and broadcast segments. The company's leading personal finance site, bankrate.com, features original content that deals with financial planning, taxes, insurance, investing and banking. Our gateway site, www.ilife.com serves as an introduction to ilife.com's family of Web sites, including the award-winning bankrate.com, Pivot.com (insurance e-commerce - www.pivot.com), theWhiz.com (planning content - www.thewhiz.com), IntelligentTaxes.com (tax planning - www.intelligenttaxes.com), Consejero.com, (Spanish-language personal finance - www.consejero.com) CPNet.com (college lifestyle - www.cpnet.com) and GreenMagazine.com (investing - www.greenmagazine.com). Content from ilife.com is published on co-branded Internet sites through more than 120 distributors, including Snap (NASDAQ:NBCI), Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), America Online (NYSE:AOL), CNN and Smart Money. The company's original research is also distributed through more than 120 national and state publications. Ilife.com sites have approximately one million unique visitors per month, according to Media Metrix.