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Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX) (NASDAQ: MCHXP), a local online advertising
company and leading publisher of local content, today announced local
content partnerships with several of the Internet’s
most respected providers, including Yelp and Avvo among others.
Under the separate agreements announced today, Marchex will add more
than 5 million reviews and ratings to its local network, bringing the
total number of reviews and ratings covering local businesses across the
United States to more than 8 million.
The content will be integrated into Marchex’s
local network, which attracts more than 26 million unique monthly users1
and features more than 150,000 local Web sites, including the hub of the
network, OpenList.com. These new agreements will further Marchex’s
ongoing effort to provide consumers with the most relevant content and
information to help them discover and make better informed local
decisions.
Marchex is adding content to its local network from the following
partners:
Yelp.com: A site where people read
and write reviews of their favorite neighborhood businesses. Yelp will
be providing more than 2.5 million reviews that Yelpers have written
about everything from restaurants and spas to dentists and mechanics.
The site had more than 9 million unique visitors in the month of March.
Avvo.com: This leading attorney
rating service, which profiles hundreds of thousands of attorneys
using information from state courts and bar associations, Web sites
and the lawyers themselves in addition to reviews from users, is
providing its Avvo Rating and user-generated reviews for thousands of
attorneys across the United States.
HealthGrades.com: Under
expansion of an existing relationship, the leading health ratings
organization is providing detailed listings for more than 750,000
physicians and will be adding more than 5,000 hospitals nationwide.
lilaguide.com: This resource
site for local parents will provide more than 150,000 user-generated
reviews and recommendations for parents on local shopping, baby gear,
activities, restaurants, daycare and other parenting resources.
Restaurant.com: This online
dining resource is providing reviews, restaurant photos, wine lists,
links to menus and discounted gift certificate offers from thousands
of restaurants across the United States. Restaurant.com customers have
saved more than $50 million through their gift certificate program.
Gusto.com and Urbanspoon.com:
These leading restaurant and travel sites are collectively providing
tens of thousands of customer reviews of restaurants in select markets
across the United States.
“These partnerships are a win for all
companies involved; the rich local content adds to the scale and quality
of Marchex’s local network and further
enhances our position as a leading local information resource for
consumers,” said Pete Christothoulou, Marchex
Chief Strategy Officer. “In turn, Marchex’s
local network expands our partners’ reach and
awareness with local consumers and delivers targeted traffic deep into
their Web sites.”
About Marchex, Inc.
Marchex (www.marchex.com) is a
local online advertising company and leading publisher of local content.
Marchex’s innovative advertising platform
delivers search- and call-based marketing products and services for
local and national advertisers. Marchex’s
local content network, one of the largest online, helps consumers make
better, more informed local decisions through its network of
content-rich Web sites that reach tens of millions of unique visitors
each month.
Forward Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than
statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding
our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future
revenues, acquisitions, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives
of management are forward-looking statements. We may not actually
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our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ
materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the
forward-looking statements we make. There are a number of important
factors that could cause Marchex’s actual
results to differ materially from those indicated by such
forward-looking statements which are described in the “Risk
Factors” section of our most recent periodic
report and registration statement filed with the SEC.
1 Unique visitor statistics are based on
internal traffic logs, which calculate unique IP (Internet protocol)
addresses on an unduplicated basis during a given month.