WhoWhere? Announces Collection of Over 100,000 Personal Home Page URLs; Personal Home Page Search Option Is Added to PeopleSearch Services.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1996--WhoWhere? Inc. today announced the addition of a directory of over 100,000 Personal Home Page URLs to their PeopleSearch service, the largest 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 directory of email addresses See Internet address. , individual and company URLs, phone numbers, and street addresses from around the world. The home page database is the largest collection of its kind and is organized into multiple categories with a variety of search options. The collection will be featured at the WhoWhere? booth (No. 341) at the Online Expo July July: see month. 11-13 in the Concourse Exhibition Hall in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . "The personal home page catalogue is another example of how WhoWhere? is making great strides towards helping people find, connect and communicate with other people," said Gunjan Sinha Gunjan Sinha (born May 24, 1966) in India is an Indian entrepreneur. He is currently the chairman of MetricStream, a market leader in Enterprise-wide GRC and Quality Solutions for global corporations. , president of WhoWhere? Inc. "WhoWhere? is a catalyst in the evolution of the Internet from an information resource to a person to person communication tool." The collection of personal home page URLs is grouped in categories based on personal characteristics in order to help people find others with similar interests. Users of the catalogue can search in categories such as occupations, personal interests or alma maters, as well as browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. through the database. WhoWhere? encourages users of the service to suggest new categories and add their own home page URLs to the collection. The WhoWhere? directory is highlighted by a friendly interface that makes searching for names and businesses quick and easy. A fast, free and easy to use service, WhoWhere? is a powerful search engine which incorporates proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Launched in January January: see month. 1996, by WhoWhere? Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., WhoWhere? is the largest and most accurate Internet directory. Thousands of people have successfully used WhoWhere? to locate both businesses and individuals on the Net or through the Net. Free to users, WhoWhere? is the premier provider on Netscape's "People" search area and the distinguished provider on Netscape's Netsearch. InfoSeek One of the first major search engines on the Web. In 1999, in partnership with the Walt Disney Company, it became Go.com (www.go.com). In 2001, Disney stopped providing the search capability on Go.com in order to focus on its other top-ranked Web sites, such as ESPN.com, ABCNews. allows its users direct access to WhoWhere? for their people searching needs. The June 29 issue of Web21, a weekly ranking of the top 100 sites located at http://www.web21.com, ranked WhoWhere? No. 29, above all other directory assistance services. CONTACT: Connors Communications Pamela Coddington, 415/771-3940 pamela@connors.com |
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