Zapa.com and Arrive.com Partner to Expand Zapa.com Gizmoz and Arrive.com Free Domain Names.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1999-- Zapa.com, developer of Gizmoz animated graphical Web components, and Arrive.com, the largest free domain registration company on the Web, have announced an agreement to expand the use of Gizmoz through the millions who use Arrive.com's free domain names and e-mail services See Internet e-mail service. . Through the partnership, Zapa.com's Gizmoz, Web animated objects that spice up e-mails and Web sites with sound, pictures and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. characters, will be promoted on the Arrive.com Web site (www.arriveat.com/freegizmo). With Arrive.com's high Web traffic, Zapa.com will gain an audience of users who can customize, swap and collect the Zapa.com Gizmoz. In addition, Arrive.com will provide the members with short URL's for the Gizmoz they create. "Joining forces to cross-promote Zapa.com's Web enhancing Gizmoz tools with Arrive.com's innovative free domain system makes perfect sense," said John Sculley John Sculley (born April 6 1939) was president of PepsiCo during the 1970s and early 1980s, until he became CEO of Apple on April 8 1983, a position he held until leaving in 1993. Sculley is currently a partner in Sculley Brothers, a private investment firm formed in 1995. , chairman of the board of Zapa.com 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 Apple Computer. "The millions of Web site owners and designers who use Arrive.com's free domain names can use Gizmoz to make their home pages fun, interactive and content-rich." By having members send Gizmoz to friends and family, Zapa.com can spread Gizmoz exponentially with little or no marketing cost. This "viral marketing An online advertising approach that functions somewhat like word-of-mouth. The "viral" refers to how quickly it propagates, but its purpose is not to cause damage like a computer virus, but to make an offer available to the masses. " enables Gizmoz to multiply rapidly on the Web to drive audience and raise brand awareness. "The Arrive.com offerings have been expanded with Zapa.com's collection of imaginative enhancements," said John G. Chotsourian, CEO of Arrive.com. "Besides having a cool, fresh and short URL See URL shortening. , our members can have an equally cool and fresh Web page design to go with it." "We have been impressed with Arrive.com's innovative tools to make Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. easier and more efficient," said Eyal Gever, founder and CEO of Zapa.com. "This alliance serves our mutual goals -- to enrich the online experience for the everyday Web surfers by allowing them to express themselves in visual ways." About Zapa.com Zapa.com (www.Zapa.com) is leading the convergence of viral technology and art by enabling an advanced medium of visual expression for everyone on the Web. Zapa.com was founded in 1994 by Eyal Gever and Yossi Amossi. The Israel-based software company offers a large assortment of functional and compelling Gizmoz, a collection of pre-programmed components embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. with animation and sound-with electronic greeting cards See e-card. , photo albums and other digital gadgets, such as Web IDs. Gizmoz are free to users and can easily be personalized and integrated into Web pages. For more information about Zapa.com and our Gizmoz, visit us at http://www.zapa.com. Or contact us at Info@zapa.com; Tel: 972-3-510-1099; Fax: 972-3-510-1206. About Arrive.com After a successful launch only four months ago, Arrive.com, a division of iHoldings.com Inc., has surpassed the 5 million-hit mark, over 50,000 Web sites have already signed-up for its free domains, and over 600 webmasters have joined its affiliate programs. Over 1,000,000 unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. have browsed the Arrive Network's member pages. Arrive.com offers 100% free, short, permanent domain names and matching vanity e-mail regardless of where customers' Web sites are located now or in the future. Instead of using long and difficult to remember URLs, users can choose from a large variety of domain names such as: http://ArriveAt.com/you, sitio.de/Jose, rocking.to/TheStones, geo.to/you, 6r.com/you and millions of other possible combinations. |
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