Global Business Information Directory, Inc. Signs Major Agreement with Interland
SEATTLE-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept 22, 1999--Global Business Information Directory, Inc. ("Global'') (OTC BB:GBDIE) announced today the signing of a joint sales, marketing and technology sharing agreement with Interland, Inc., a leader in turnkey Web hosting solutions. Global is a leading directory that provides businesses worldwide with the opportunity to market themselves through its Web site www.bizfiles.com.
The agreement calls for Interland to recommend Global's directory and indexing services including its ID FILES to its registered domains ("clients"). While the standard price for each of these services is $9.95 per month, the agreement calls for Interland clients to enjoy preferential pricing. It is anticipated that a significant number of Interland's 60,000 current clients will take advantage of this opportunity, resulting in considerable initial revenues for Global. All new Interland clients will be offered the suite of Global products and services as a part of the Interland package. As Interland is one of the fastest growing Web hosting companies, adding hundreds of new clients daily, the additional ongoing potential for Global is also very significant.
''This agreement with Interland is the first recognition by a leader in the hosting industry that the services Global offers have a tremendous value as a major tool in locating corporate Websites on the Internet,'' says Stephen Carmichael, president and CEO of Global, ''There are over 40,000 Web site hosting companies on the Internet that could market our services for their existing client base. Obviously, we are very excited.''
“Interland has become an International leader in Web hosting services by providing exactly the kinds of advanced Web tools, services, products and resources that our customers want,” said Ken Gavranovic, president and CEO, Interland, Inc. “By partnering with Global Business Information Directory, we offer yet another valuable service that will help our customers market themselves effectively on the Web.”
About Interland
Interland, Inc., recently ranked the No. 1 Web Hosting Provider for small-to medium-sized businesses by Windows NT Magazine and Network Computing, is a worldwide leader in turnkey Web hosting solutions ranging from a basic Web site to a sophisticated e-commerce storefront. The company adds hundreds of Web domains to its servers each day totaling more than 60,000 from businesses around the world. With headquarters in Atlanta, Interland features 24-hour, 7-day toll-free technical support, along with a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee. Interland's state-of-the-art Network Operations Center is connected to the world's leading Internet backbone providers, guaranteeing an unparalleled high-speed connection to the Internet for all Interland customers. Interland and Hewlett Packard are working together to offer a packaged end-to-end e-commerce product. Interland also offers a specialized service program to support Microsoft's Office 2000. For additional news and information, please visit www.interland.net.
About Global
Global Business Information Directory, Inc is positioned as the first truly global geographic business-to-business directory on the Internet. Global differentiates itself from word-based search engines by offering an industry and geographic-based business directory through its Website www.bizfiles.com. Its current database of more than 21.5 million companies has positioned Global as one of the largest free business directories on the Internet. The Company provides businesses with the ability to display and update corporate and product information through its ID FILES. Global's ID FILES are indexed into the bizfiles.com search engine and subscribing businesses are given priority ranking on search results, where the search terms match keywords within the business' basic or Global ID FILE information. Global also provides keyword searching, full text Website indexing, priority listings, Website hosting, Website linking, Website construction and e-commerce solutions.
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