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Mountain View, CA, February 11, 1997 -- In an innovative collaboration between an Internet directory service and a site-building software provider, WhoWhere? and NetObjects, Inc. have teamed up to provide Web site builders a resource to integrate people- and business-search capabilities into their Web sites.
Three of WhoWhere's branded page templates for company, phone and e-mail search are offered within NetObjects Fusion 2.0, the latest version of NetObjects' award-winning site development software product. Web developers have the option of conveniently dropping pre-built directory function templates into their Web sites. NetObjects Fusion ships with 39 page templates, 51 design styles and 7 AutoSites which allow users to easily create page templates and insert them into Web sites.
"One of the most popular uses of the Web is searching for information about people and businesses," said Ashu Roy, president and co-founder of WhoWhere. "By embedding search templates within NetObjects' site-building options, Web developers and designers can now include this convenient feature in their Web site."
Adding directory features to Web pages marks a trend in content creation to facilitate greater value and communication among Internet users. NetObjects Fusion 2.0's drop-in WhoWhere template seamlessly accesses more than 10 million people and business e-mail addresses. With the WhoWhere templates, the Web site of an electronics manufacturer, for example, could lead customers to authorized dealerships in their neighborhood. Similarly, a university Web page could point visitors to other alumni in their state or across the nation.
"More than 100,000 site builders have voted for NetObjects Fusion productivity benefits and its ability to eliminate the tedious aspects of constructing Web sites," said Tom Melcher, vice president of business development. "They have standardized on NetObjects Fusion for site building because we give them the best-of-class functions like WhoWhere's leading search directory."
About WhoWhere?
WhoWhere? Inc., (www.whowhere.com), based in Mountain View, CA, is the leading online directory of people and business information from around the world, including e-mail addresses, personal home pages, telephone listings and business URLs. The company continues to develop easy-to-use network-based services which facilitate global communication and collaboration.
WhoWhere achieved a milestone of one million self-registered users in December 1996 and was chosen this year by both theWall Street Journal and PC Magazine as one the most popular online directories. The company continues its leadership in 1997 by adding classifieds, personal privacy features, user-interaction capabilities and expanding personal, business and government listings.
WhoWhere's strategic partners include Microsoft, Intel, Netscape, Big Book, GeoCities and ABI. WhoWhere is located at 2570 West El Camino Real, Suite 309, Mountain View, CA 94040. For business information, call 415-917-1300.
About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. is a privately-held company that is funded by Perseus LLC, AT&T Ventures, Norwest Venture Capital, Venrock Associates and private investors. NetObjects develops Web site building products that are based on the first visual, site-oriented approach to building Web sites, unlike first generation, text-based, page-oriented tools. NetObjects FusionTM is the first smart Web site building application that integrates automated site building, professional quality design and data publishing, thereby lowering the cost, time and tedium of building high-quality Web sites. NetObjects Fusion is actively promoted by NetObjects' partners Apple Computer, AT&T, IBM, Javasoft, Microsoft, Netscape, and UUNET Technologies.
Information about NetObjects and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.netobjects.com or by calling 1-888-449-6400.
For press inquiries, contact:
Kamini Ramani
Director of Corporate Communications
(415) 482-3238
WhoWhere? (TM) is a trademark of WhoWhere? Inc.
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