FREE DOWNLOADABLE BROWSER TOOLBAR AVAILABLE IN BETA VERSION.There's a whole world of valuable information available on today's World Wide Web. Trouble is, there's a significant portion of it you'll never see. Closed off from conventional search engines and hidden behind subscription barriers, content from the world's leading newspapers, professional journals, investment analysts, and wire services is generally not freely available to the general public, as is the rest of the Internet. That is, until now. Congoo, the Web's first premium information network, has done what many thought would be impossible: make huge amounts of premium, restricted and/or subscription-only Web content available to anyone, free of charge. Through arrangements with some of the most respected media and publishing companies, Congoo provides limited access to this useful material at no cost whatsoever. The following is a sampling of the many sources of information that will be featured: * Business/Financial -- FT.com, Institutional Investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. , Morningstar, TheStreet.com, Business Wire, PRNewswire; * Trade Journals -- Adweek, Brandweek.com, Billboard.com, Editor & Publisher, The Hollywood Reporter, Mediaweek.com; * Political -- The New Republic; * Health -- Harvard Health Newsletter; Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer; * Reference/Archives -- Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, Cities of the World, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Notable Sports Figures, Encyclopedia of Small Business and others. * Newspapers -- Current and archived articles from The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. 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To access these and hundreds of additional sources of content, Congoo has introduced the Congoo NetPass, a free downloadable browser toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the now available in beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. . Once installed on the user's Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. or Firefox browser, NetPass is your personal gateway to a world of exclusive Web information. "Our goal is to not only showcase some of the Web's best content to people that might not otherwise find it, but make it more useful through free introductory access," said Ash Nashed, founder and former CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Choice Media, one of the Web's largest vertical content advertising networks and founder of Congoo. "Congoo adds this great premium layer to the Web's best "free web search" functionality that people have come to depend on. The Congoo NetPass is the only toolbar that provides free introductory access to information that typically costs hundreds of dollars per month." One-Click Registration Like other top search engines, Congoo's NetPass provides quality matches for any word or phrase query, with premium listings on top and typical Web results just underneath. Along with the traditional results, however, NetPass indexes and displays exclusive information that normally does not show up in routine search engine requests. The NetPass one-click registration feature enables users to access all premium content from participating publishers without having a subscription or repeatedly filling out forms. Users are typically allowed four to fifteen articles per month per publisher, and no credit card or other payment information is required. "Until now, premium content publishers have had to depend on their own individual marketing efforts to promote their services," noted Cosentino, Congoo vice president/business development and formerly general manager of online business development at Advanstar. "By providing access to hundreds of content sources with just one registration, the Congoo NetPass engages many more users than any single source can, and promotes growth for every participating publisher." Supported by Publishers "The Congoo NetPass is an innovative concept that brings power and convenience to Web searchers," said Dan Smith, senior vice president of Consumer Marketing at Encyclopaedia Britannica. "This is a valuable asset for users who might otherwise miss the opportunity to sample our premium content." "The NetPass provides financial information seekers with access to sample FT.com articles at the most important juncture junc·ture n. The point, line, or surface of union of two parts. , the very moment they are searching for financial information," said Alex Withers withers the region over the backline where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapulae lie just below the skin. fistulous withers see fistulous withers. , director of FT.com for Financial Times Publications. "Providing new audiences with secure and controlled exposure of our premium brand is of great value to us as a publisher, and a unique service to NetPass users." "Congoo's NetPass is a uniquely secure environment offering content that would otherwise be blocked by firewalls," said Nikesh Desai, VP business development of TheStreet.com. "Through the introduction of the NetPass, Congoo has given premium content publishers a new channel for generating awareness, brand equity, site traffic, and subscriptions -- a challenge that other search engines have not fully solved and an opportunity for users to make their search more relevant." "VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User eMedia delivers many of the media industries most useful marketing, entertainment and advertising insights found within our portfolio of premium titles," said John Lerner, vice president and general manager of VNU eMedia. "The NetPass will raise the profile of our titles above the typical Web results helping expose our exceptional resources to users that value premium information." As part of its developing package of services, Congoo will be adding tools intended to foster community and value for NetPass users. New premium content sources will be added weekly as more publishers integrate Congoo's content platform. To download the free Congoo NetPass-Beta version, or for additional information about Congoo, visit http://www.congoo.com/. For more information, call 908/685-2331. |
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