Netword Announces New Strategic Partnerships; Series of Deals Accelerate Netword Distribution.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2000 Netword, Inc. (National Quotation Bureau National Quotation Bureau A service that publishes bid and offer quotes from market makers in OTC transactions. National Quotation Bureau , "pink sheets": NTWD) today announced several new strategic partnerships that make Netword's patented technology more accessible to Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f , and position Netword as the premiere 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 keyword vendor. Cool Site of the Day Cool Site of the Day (www.coolsiteoftheday.com) will promote Networds from its "Build a Site" and "Promote your Site" sections. Users will be able to include Netword slots in any sites they build, allowing even those users without the Netword Agent to easily employ Networds as an Internet navigation too. Additionally, Cool Site of the Day users will be able to feature the Netword logo on their sites. Alternative Doctor Physicians associated with Alternative Doctor (www.alternativedr.com) will each have their own Netword, allowing patients to quickly and easily access that doctor and/or send them e-mails without having to remember a lengthy Web address. Alternative Doctor will also feature Netword slots throughout its site, allowing users to create or use a Netword at any time. Business Net Site Business Net Site (www.businessnetsite.com) will be Netword-enabled. The major Business Net resources will have their own Networds, and users will have the option of creating their own business and investment-oriented Networds on-the-fly. Business Net Site simplifies access to the Internet by providing an easy-to-use, customizable, click-and-view link to important and timely information on the most popular investing, small business, corporate, professional, educational, government, news and consumer Web sites. This site is scheduled to begin operations this spring. About Netword, Inc. The patented Netword System provides universally available, human-friendly names for URLs. Owners of Internet resources, such as Web pages, files available via FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to , or e-mail addresses See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address , may create easily remembered Networds to reach any Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. directly. Networds point to businesses, entertainment locations, personal Web sites, sports figures and teams, TV and radio stations, news stories, and government entities. Networds like "Netword Patent", "Frasier", "NY Yankees", "Sesame Street Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ", "IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. 1040", and "IRS 1065" take users directly to those Web pages when entered in Netword-enabled browsers (with the free Netword software downloaded), or in slots at more than 3,000 Netword affiliate sites. Users can access Internet-based information services See Information Systems. using Dynamic Networds such as QUOTE/(symbol) to learn current stock prices for public companies; or DEFINE/(word) to learn the definition any English word. Trademark owners may register their marks as Networds to preserve brand identities and increase traffic to their sites. Netword, Inc., based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has numerous well-known, Fortune 500 commercial clients and substantial numbers of Internet users worldwide. Media contacts and prospective business partners should contact Netword Marketing at 800/NETWORD. Netword is found on the Web at www.netword.com, or by using the Netword: NETWORD. |
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