ComFind largest U.S. and global business directory.LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1996--Focused Presence announced Tuesday Tuesday: see week. that its ComFind(TM) Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Business Directory has added the entire database of U.S. businesses to become the largest U.S. and global Internet business directory with more than 12 million businesses listed from 95 countries. "We list more businesses than any other search engine or directory in the world including Yahoo," said Debra Shatford, cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of Focused Presence and creative spirit behind the directory, "In addition to the complete database of U.S. businesses, ComFind has more than 100,000 links to business Web sites and 25,000 to international companies." Some directories boast more listings, but double count entries in multiple categories, ComFind does not. ComFind also has the distinction of having the largest number of business Web site links for yellow-page-type directories added Shatford. ComFind offers a Japanese translation of its directory and plans to add other foreign language versions soon. "We will be adding the main European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. languages to help clients in Germany, France and Spain to advertise in their own languages as those links on the Internet grow," said Shatford. Veteran webmasters know Comfind and post their client listings for new business sites. An average of 800 businesses per day register their sites and companies with the ComFind directory. ComFind began in September, 1995, with 500,000 listings and today advertises more than 12 million businesses in 6000 categories plus links to more than 100,000 business Web sites. "ComFind is a no-nonsense directory aimed at simplicity and ease-of-use," said Will Shatford, who heads the technical side of the Focused Presence husband-and-wife team that created the directory. "ComFind's search engine is unique in that it offers a variety of simple entry and point-and-click geographic options to aid even the novice in narrowing or expanding search results. "Searches for businesses can be conducted on a world-wide basis or narrowed to as small as a 3 to 5 mile radius." He said that unlike many search engines that keep users waiting for cute cute adj. cut·er, cut·est 1. Delightfully pretty or dainty. 2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] graphics to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. , Comfind avoids large graphics and uses advertising with short load times. "We try to keep the user in mind," noted Shatford. Companies wanting to register a free ComFind listing may register through the World Wide Web at http://comfind.com. Listing enhancement information is available during the registration process. ComFind is a service of Focused Presence, an advertising publisher and Internet presence provider in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . CONTACT: Compton Communications David Compton, 410/838-3373 comptond@linux.magnus1.com http://www.comptond.com for Focused Presence Debra Shatford, 818/773-6755 |
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