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Info.com Expands its Search Capabilities

Pixsy and Oodle added to best of breed search tools

November 6, 2006 – New York City, NY – Info.com, a search platform for broad-web and vertical search engines, announced today at the annual Ad Tech conference in New York City two new offerings to its platform: Video.info.com and Classifieds.info.com.

Powered by the Pixsy Media Search Platform, Video.info.com enables Info.com users to search and discover millions of online videos in popular categories including celebrity, news, viral, entertainment, sports and travel. This flexible, private label media search engine aggregates video content from across the web from leading providers including YouTube, Revver, Blastro, BusinessWeek, Hollywood.com, AddictingClips.com, Grouper, MetaCafe, Reuters, Sharkle, USA Today and dozens more.

“Ad Tech was the perfect opportunity to make this announcement,” stated Stephen Scarr, CEO of Info.com. “Ad Tech's conferences and expo look at the ways marketing and technology intersect to shape the future of brands. Our new offerings add to our growing technological capabilities, allowing users to find exactly what information they are looking for, across all media.”

“By seamlessly assimilating the best of breed tools, Info.com stays ahead of the curve in the search engine industry,” said Chase Norlin, CEO of Pixsy Corporation. “We're excited to partner with Info.com in multimedia search and look forward to collaborating with them in the future.”

Powered by Oodle, the leading search engine for classifieds, classifieds.info.com provides users with access to over 18 million classifieds from over 75,000 sources. In addition to being comprehensive, Oodle simplifies the search process by automatically classifying and organizing every listing it comes across. The site is also constantly updated showing exactly which autos, pets, rentals, real estate, and used items are available in the user's area.

"We are delighted to be working with Info.com as part of the Oodle Network to provide the broadest audience for the listings in our classifieds search index," added Craig Donato, CEO of Oodle. "We're dedicated to improving the way consumers shop using classifieds. Providing comprehensive search is an important part of that mission."

About Info.com

Info.com (www.info.com) is a search platform that pulls together the best of breed search tools. From a single search query, Info.com provides results from the leading search engines and pay-per-click directories. Info.com is also partnered with other search providers to include comparison shopping and product reviews, a broad selection of News, Health, Pictures, eBay, Jobs, White and Yellow Pages, Tickets, Flights, Hotels, Weather, Maps and Directions.

About Pixsy Corporation

Pixsy Corporation (www.pixsy.com) is a next-generation media search platform that powers private label image and video search engines for online publishers. Pixsy has offices in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA and was founded by a team of engineers and business leaders hailing from Microsoft, Sony, and ValueClick.

About Oodle, Inc.

Oodle is the leading search engine for local classifieds. Oodle helps consumers find great deals in every major classifieds category: cars, real estate, apartments, jobs, merchandise, pets and tickets. Launched in April of 2005, Oodle (www.oodle.com) provides the largest and freshest index of local and national classifieds with more than 18 million active listings from more than 75,000 sources in the US and the UK. Oodle sends classifieds publishers and their advertisers millions of qualified leads every month. The company also powers the Oodle Network, a collection of websites that incorporate Oodle's market leading search capabilities. To be included in the Oodle index or learn more about the Oodle Partner Network and the Oodle API, please contact partner@oodle.com.


For more information:

Madonna Duncan
DomeHK for Info.com
Ph: 312-255-3143
Pixsy Corporation
Ph: 206-931-9050
Patty Oien
Breakaway Communications/Oodle Ph: 415-358-2482
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