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VALUE-ADDED INTERNET SEARCH TOOLS MOST POPULAR USES OF NET.


Data quality software provider Melissa Data Melissa Data Corp.
Melissa Data Corp. – based in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – was founded in 1985 by Raymond Melissa, a computer industry veteran. The firm provides address and phone verification, postal encoding and data enhancement services, with an emphasis on
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, Calif., has announced that the most commonly used categories of their free Internet-based search tool: Zip-City- Phone, Phone Numbers, and U.S. Addresses. These top three databases average more than 340,000 page views a day, demonstrating that value-added Internet search tools are still one of the most popular uses of the Net.

"Our service is a treasure chest of data solutions that we freely share with the public to demonstrate the value of our data and to highlight our core products," said president and founder Raymond Melissa. "The Free LookUps are the most commonly used pages on our Web site, and the number of visitors and page views reveals an important Internet trend -- people need and are looking for Looking for

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 easier ways to make the Web work for them."

The search tools work by allowing input of variations of street names, area codes, partial or whole telephone numbers, or ZIP codes. The data returned by Melissa Data enables users to verify mailing addresses, update phone numbers, and access the latest demographic data on states, cities and counties.

The search service also allows users to find contributors to federal elections, locate non-profit organizations, and learn about U.S. place names. One unique search is the phone number lookup A data search performed within a predefined table of values (array, matrix, etc.) or within a data file. . With this feature, a user can easily trace the origin of a phone call from a caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party.  service.

Melissa Data has spent hundreds of hours of programming time to build an efficient suite of tools and services to make this data easily accessible from a single location. Moreover, Melissa Data is continually certified by the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs.  to use and distribute address data, a guarantee of accuracy and reliability. The benefits of accurate data can be measured in lower operating costs operating costs nplgastos mpl operacionales  and better deliverability of important business communications.

Additional Uses of the Free LookUps Engine

Melissa Data's search databases can also be used to: 1) locate post offices, 2) display area codes or ZIP codes within a radius, 3) calculate the distance between any two ZIP codes, 4) find Canadian address and phone data, 5) get location information on worldwide place names, 6) find the time zone of a phone number, 7) find out average home values, 7) access U.S. tax statistics, and 8) order mailing lists.

About Melissa Data

Melissa Data provides data quality solutions with emphasis on address and phone verification and correction, postal encoding See encode. , and data enhancements. Founded in 1985 by Raymond Melissa, the company is a leading provider of easy-to-use and cost-effective solutions for achieving the highest level of data quality. A powerful line of software, databases, components and services afford customers the flexibility to achieve quality U.S. and Canadian contact information using almost any language, platform, and media, for real-time, point-of-entry or batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. .

For more information, call 1-800-800-6245 or visit http://www.MelissaData.com.
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