--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 08/14/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. LookSmart, Ltd. (NASDAQ: LOOK), a pay-per-click (PPC) Search Advertising Network and technology solutions provider, recently announced Furl Groups, a key extension of Furl, its social bookmarking tool (www.Furl.net). Furl enables members to bookmark, annotate and share Web pages, by creating a personalized index for each user. With Furl Groups, members can easily save Web pages anywhere on the Web and share them within groups. A Furl Group is a fast way for members to get connected by sharing newly discovered Web pages as well as saved content on Furl. Groups can form around a certain topic of interest such as cooking, coding, politics and travel, or around a common connection of friends, family or coworkers. It is easy to create a Group and send out invitations to allow others to join. Group members can quickly check for recent additions and comments.
NetEase.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES), one of China's leading Internet and online game services providers, recently announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. William Ding, Chief Executive Officer and Director of NetEase stated, ''We experienced a strong second quarter due to solid execution in our online gaming and advertising businesses. We believe that China's online gaming industry is in the midst of unprecedented growth and NetEase is very well positioned to benefit from this trend. During the second quarter, our flagship game, Fantasy Westward Journey, which remains among the Top 10 in downloads, still continued to perform quite well, fueled by periodic releases of new expansion packs and successful in-game marketing activities. In addition, Westward Journey II is attracting greater user interest, and Westward Journey III is progressing well.
Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company, recently launched a Labor Day travel deals page with savings up to 60 percent on luxury hotels. Pampering oneself with a decadent hotel deal comes at a great time as Travelzoo also recently revealed that more than one-third of Americans (38%) consider the holiday weekend their last chance to slip away for a vacation before the winter holidays. To get inspiration and travel ideas for your Labor Day getaway visit http://www.travelzoo.com/laborday. ``Despite the challenging economy and rising fuel costs, it's still a great time to find a deal on a luxury hotel,'' said Gabe Saglie, senior editor at Travelzoo. ``We are seeing luxury hotels slash prices up to 60 percent over the holiday weekend while adding perks such as complimentary cocktails and spa discounts to enhance travelers' getaways.''
Equity Solutions Inc. announces it is currently featuring IAS Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: IASCA) www.iasenergy.com on USEquityNews.com. On July 7, 2008, IAS Energy announced that www.video1314.com had record web site traffic with over 14.3 million monthly hits to its site in June, 2008. "We are on track to becoming one of the top destination sites in Asia," said Samuel Kam, Vice President of Internet Development for IAS Energy, Inc. "We are now averaging more than half a million clicks to our site each day and expect this to increase substantially in the coming months through the introduction of more user-friendly interfaces in the future." Video1314.com is a fast growing Chinese Web 2.0 platform (similar to www.youtube.com) that allows users to share videos, music, audio as well as sell goods and services using videos in its marketplace. Since its launch, Video1314 has attracted millions of users and is fast becoming one of Asia's top Web2.0 destinations. Video1314.com currently serves the Greater China region, which includes mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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