From: NewsDistribution@gaydata.com Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 16:49:48 -0600 Subject: Gaycrawler.com Launches a Specialized Gay and Lesbian Search Engine Distribution Note: Full distribution of this message was delayed due to a software problem at Gaydata.com. If you have received it more than once, please accept our apologies. (Removal instructions are at the end.) -------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GAYCRAWLER.COM LAUNCHES A SPECIALIZED GAY AND LESBIAN SEARCH ENGINE Montreal, Canada - February 18th, 2000 - A new search engine is born today and the proud parent is GayCrawler.com (www.GayCrawler.com). The company announced today that its Internet search engine on Gays and Lesbians is now serving the community. The President of GayCrawler.com, Mr. Gerard Spatafora, described this event as "The first step in what we hope will be a variety of worldwide Internet services for Gays and Lesbians". GayCrawler.com's search engine sprung up as an alternative to traditional engines like Yahoo! and Altavista. While they contain millions of Web documents, they often fall victim to their own success. In fact, looking for a list of Web sites related to one single subject is difficult as results of researches are rarely pertinent. Furthermore, their database often lacks the Internet Web site surfers are looking for. With a database of more than 2000 different URL addresses, divided into 110 categories, GayCrawler.com offers a springboard to everyone looking into gay- and lesbian-related topics, whatever the sexual orientation of the surfer. The site currently has French and English versions, with Spanish in the works for the end of 2000. Categories include art, media, cyberculture, community, chambers of commerce, student groups, shopping online, travel and more. In time, other services will be added : email, webzine, employment, a virtual community with chat rooms in March 2000, e-commerce in May 2000. To avoid getting behind in the database, as well as to allow interaction with the surfer, GayCrawler.com invites Internet users to suggest new URL addresses, to send his or her comments, and to put the HTML codes of the search engine on his or her own Web page. About GayCrawler.com GayCrawler.com is a joint venture between Gérard Spatafora, a specialist in Internet portals, and Arobas.net, an Internet Service Provider throughout Canada. Licensing the technology of Francité for its search engine, it is also a full-fledged partner in a network of more than 35 million pages viewed / month. For its banner management, GayCrawler.com uses the DART software by DoubleClick, the industry standard. It currently has offices in Montreal, Canada for the North American market and Bordeaux, France for the European market. - 30 - Trademarks : All the names and trademarks used in this document are the sole property of their owner. Contacts For Further Information : Marc Gauthier (1-514) 223 - 9625 m.gauthier@gaycrawler.com www.GayCrawler.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This news release was distributed by the Gay Media Database at www.gaydata.com. We send occasional news items of interest to the glbt community. To be permanently removed from the list, reply with REMOVE in the subject line. Thank you.