Business.com Provides Business Internet Search on Select Cahners Business Information Sites and Expands Distribution Network.

Business Editors

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2002

Business.com, the Internet's only search engine and directory focused exclusively on business, has launched an agreement with Cahners Business Information to provide its business Internet search results to Cahners' Manufacturing.net and e-Insite's users. The integrated search results, which are live today, are available throughout the Manufacturing.net and e-Insite portals.

Manufacturing.net is the leading business-to-business Web marketplace serving the informational and procurement needs of plant engineers, managers and designers in the industrial manufacturing market. Included in the Manufacturing.net Web sites are www.designnews.com (Design News magazine), www.inddist.com (Industrial Distribution magazine), www.logisticsmgmt.com (Logistics Management magazine), www.mmh.com (Modern Materials Handling magazine), www.plantengineering.com (Plant Engineering magazine), www.purchasing.com (Purchasing Magazine), www.scmr.com (Supply Chain Management Review magazine) and www.warehousemag.com (Warehousing Management magazine).

Cahners e-inSITE.net is the network site for Electronic Original Equipment Manufacturer (EOEM) professionals, consolidating content from 20 market-leading publications, 3 research organizations and key network partners. Included in the e-inSITE.net portal sites are www.einsite.net, www.commvergemag.com (CommVerge magazine), www.ednmag.com (EDN magazine), www.electronicnews.com (Electronic News magazine), and www.epp.com (Electronic Packaging & Production magazine).

Business.com's search functionality, which includes both Standard Listings (pay-for-inclusion) and Featured Listings (pay-for-placement), gives users access to more than 400,000 business-focused listings across 25,000 categories. All listings undergo a rigorous editorial review to ensure their quality for inclusion and relevant placement in the Business.com directory. As part of the distribution agreement, Business.com will provide its self-service listings sales platform to Manufacturing.net and e-Insite and will share the listings revenue generated from the site.

Said Jake Winebaum, founder and chief executive officer, Business.com, "The addition of select vertically-focused Cahners Business Information sites to the Business.com Network marks another important step forward in our strategy to partner with the world's leading business Web sites. Further, it underscores our belief that joining Business.com Network is the fastest and most effective way for business Web sites to add business search functionality to their sites."

Scott Rismiller, General Manager of Manufacturing.net and e-Insite, Cahners Business Information: "We are always looking for ways to improve our offering, and the quality of the Business.com directory and its exclusive focus on business make it a terrific match for us. By adding the Business.com search results to Manufacturing.net and e-Insite, we've made an enhancement to our user experience."

About Cahners Business Information

Cahners Business Information (www.cahners.com) is a leading provider of critical information and marketing solutions to business professionals in the media, manufacturing, electronics, construction and retail industries. Its market-leading properties include more than 135 business-to-business publications, over 125 Webzines and Web portals, as well as online services, custom publishing, directories, research and direct-marketing lists. Cahners is a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group (NYSE: RUK and ENL) -- a world-leading publisher and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors.

About Business.com

Business.com is the Web's only search engine and directory service focused exclusively on business, and its mission is to help business professionals find exactly what they're looking for. Developed by a team of industry experts and library scientists, Business.com's home page organizes the world of business into 24 major industry categories, with more than 400,000 listings within 25,000 industry, product and service subcategories. Business.com distributes its search results to 12 million unique users a month through the Business.com Network which includes such strategic business brands as CBS Marketwatch.com, Business Week Online and FT.com. Business.com's strategic investors and partners include Cahners Business Information, a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group (NYSE: RUK and ENL); Primedia Business Magazines and Media, a subsidiary of Primedia Incorporated (NYSE: PRM); The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP); and The Financial Times Group, a division of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON).