Broderbund Software Extends Leadership of Internet Genealogy with Deal to Provide Content to Excite Users.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1998--Broderbund Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BROD BROD Big Bike Riders of Dagupan (Motorcycle Club in the Philippines) ) and Excite (NASDAQ: XCIT) today announced that they are joining forces to put valuable genealogy genealogy (jē'nēŏl`əjē, –ăl`–, jĕ–), the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. resources at the fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. of millions of people who visit Excite each month. The new Genealogy Section on the Lifestyle channel of Excite will include co-branded content created by Broderbund's developers for leading genealogy Web sites. Among the tools Excite users will have free access to: -- Internet FamilyFinder: the only internet search engine developed specifically for seeking genealogy information. It indexes over 130 million names from nearly 3 million web pages worldwide and is growing daily as its spiders seek out new genealogy sites. In addition, Internet FamilyFinder Agents(tm) can be commissioned to e-mail you when they find new online information about your specified relatives. -- Genealogy SiteFinder: an organized listing of more than 40,000 links to other Web sites focused on genealogically-relevant topics. Brief descriptions help you determine the value of a site before you click-through from the link. In addition, the listings are searchable and indexed by keyword. -- Genealogy "How-To" Guide: the equivalent to a 1,200-page book containing step-by-step advice, directories of court houses and genealogy libraries, form letters, and more. -- Biography Writing Assistant: contains thousands of questions to help you interview relatives to gain valuable information, as well as fun details, about events and people that shaped your family's history. -- Articles and advice: more than a hundred articles on research techniques written by well-known professional genealogists, with more added regularly. "Excite offers consumers tools that they can use in their daily life. Our deal with Broderbund fits with that strategy by enabling us to provide valuable research tools to the growing genealogy market," said Brett Bullington, Executive Vice President of Excite. "Broderbund is the acknowledged leader in publishing genealogy data and providing useful Internet searching tools for family history enthusiasts. We selected them to develop our new Genealogy Section so that we could guarantee our users that we'd provide them with access to more of what they demand: the best Internet tools available." "Excite is one of the most popular sites for people to start looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. information on the Web, and genealogy is one of the most popular online activities. This partnership will provide Excite's users with an easy way to search the Web for their family history, as well as valuable advice on how to do genealogy," said Eric Holstege, Vice President of Broderbund's Family Tree Maker Online Business Unit. "Broderbund will be able to reach new users who are just beginning to think about doing their genealogy online by gaining visibility with millions of Excite users." About Broderbund Software, Inc. Broderbund Software, Inc. develops, publishes and markets a broad line of interactive software for use in homes, schools and small businesses. The Banner Blue Division of Broderbund develops the No. 1-selling genealogy software Genealogy software is computer software used to collect, store, sort, and visualize genealogical data. Genealogy software will often generate kinship charts based on the data entered. program, Family Tree Maker. It also publishes more than 100 Family Archive CDs which contain information from historical government and private records, plus compilations of thousands of actual family trees This is an index of family trees available. It includes noble, politically important and royal families as well as fictional families and thematic diagrams. Europe
Since its founding in 1980, Broderbund has repeatedly broken new ground, conceiving and developing families of software products with enduring customer appeal based on creativity, innovation and ease-of-use. Broderbund is committed to providing its customers with engaging products that set quality standards and take advantage of the latest technologies. Some of the Company's best-known brands include Family Tree Maker, the 3D Home Series, The Print Shop, Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Sandiego, Living Books, Myst and Riven rive v. rived, riv·en also rived, riv·ing, rives v.tr. 1. To rend or tear apart. 2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder. 3. . Broderbund's corporate Web site is located at http://www.broderbund.com. About Excite, Inc. Founded in 1994, Excite, Inc. is a global media company offering consumers a personalized Web start page on www.excite.com and a 'back to basics' Web search service on www.webcrawler.com, and advertisers the best one-to-one marketing services available online. The Excite Network consists of two of the largest brands on the Web, Excite (www.excite.com) and WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com), and its subsidiaries; Classifieds2000, MatchLogic, Inc., Excite Japan Co., Ltd. and Excite UK ,Ltd. Localized versions of Excite are available in France, Germany, the UK, The Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and Australia. Based in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif., Excite, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCIT) has strategic relationships with America Online See AOL. , Inc., Apple Computer, Inc., CUC CUC Cuban Convertible Peso (ISO currency code) CUC Columbia Union College (Takoma Park, MD, USA) CUC Canadian Unitarian Council CUC Canadian Ultimate Championships Investments Inc., Intuit in·tu·it tr.v. in·tu·it·ed, in·tu·it·ing, in·tu·its Usage Problem To know intuitively. [Back-formation from intuition. Inc., Netscape Communications Corp., Prodigy Internet and Tribune Company The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, responsible for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Hartford Courant . Internet FamilyFinder, Internet FamilyFinder Agents, www.GenealogyLibrary.com, Broderbund, 3D Home, Family Tree Maker, World Family Tree, The Print Shop, Carmen Sandiego, Living Books are trademarks or registered trademarks of Broderbund Software, Inc. Myst and Riven are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cyan, Inc. All other product or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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