Recently Launched Local Search Website, HelloLocal.com, Reaches 2 Million Visitor...

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Fri Sep 5, 2008 10:32am EDT

Recently Launched Local Search Website, HelloLocal.com, Reaches 2 Million Visitor Mark in Only First 6 Weeks

LOUISVILLE, Ky & JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.--(Business Wire)--
HelloLocal.com, the most up-to-date HyperLocal(TM) search engine,
just announced it has surpassed a significant milestone, reaching 2
million unique visitors in just six short weeks. Originally launched
on July 21, 2008, HelloLocal.com makes online city search more
user-friendly with intuitive, local search capabilities.

   HelloLocal.com attracts its large volume of website visitors by
offering 8 years of local content generation, 1,500 City Guides, 10
local feeds with 4 million events, 1 million restaurants, 20,000
movies theaters and showing listings, and detailed school data on most
private and public schools. This data is archived in a searchable
database for each city, zip code and neighborhood, easily accessible
to internet users on HelloLocal.com in a local search format. Unique
to the HelloLocal.com website is the performance of the requested
search, which drills down to the neighborhood and zip code level and
maps its corresponding location.

   Using a web visitor's Internet Protocol (IP) address to identify
the city from which they are accessing the web, HelloLocal.com is able
to customize the city's specific information. HelloLocal.com
recognizes a visitor's geographical location anywhere within the
United States and Canada and thus far, 94% of HelloLocal.com's
visitors are from cities within the United States and 6% are accessing
HelloLocal.com from Canada.

   "We are extremely pleased with the feedback from HelloLocal.com
visitors we have received thus far," said Clark Scott, President of
HelloMetro. "We are constantly seeking new ways to make information
easily accessible for our website users, and we are dedicated to
providing the latest technology that will allow us to do so."

   HelloLocal.com is the latest online city search offering from the
HelloMetro global network of more than 1,500 individual city websites.
HelloMetro.com and HelloLocal.com provide the most comprehensive
HyperLocal(TM) information on the Internet. HelloMetro's network of
websites currently receive over 3.7 million unique monthly visitors
and continue to grow at a rate of 20% month over month.

   HelloMetro.com websites are accessed by using the formula
Hello+City.com (i.e., www.HelloChicago.com, www.HelloSanFrancisco.com,
www.HelloSeattle.com, www.HelloDenver.com, www.HelloLouisville.com).
www.HelloLocal.com users simply enter HelloLocal.com to access
city-specific information.

   About HelloMetro

   As we have said since 1999, the future of the Internet is "Local."
The HelloMetro global network of city search websites offers users the
opportunity to get to know a city through local history, attractions,
real estate, jobs, Yellow Pages, White Pages, local resources and
other partner sites that provide the most complete and up-to-date
information in their particular subject areas. Unlike cluttered city
portals that blast online audiences with irrelevant advertising
information, HelloMetro.com and HelloLocal.com are uniquely dedicate
each city site to the flavor of the individual location. More
information about HelloMetro can be found at www.HelloMetro.com or by
calling (877) 282-2973.

HelloMetro
Clark Scott, 502-387-5524
clark@hellometro.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008
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