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Idearc Media and WhitePages.com Extend Relationship
DALLAS, Sep 10, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Idearc Media Corp., home to Superpages.com(R) and publisher of the Verizon(R) Yellow Pages, today announced it has extended an exclusive relationship with people search Website WhitePages.com. Under this agreement, Idearc will continue supplying WhitePages.com with its full directory of Superpages.com(R) business listings.
"We continue to recognize great relationships within the local search arena, and our relationship with WhitePages.com clearly aligns with our objective to continue providing our advertisers with quality traffic," said Eric Chandler, president - Internet for Idearc Media. "We are excited to continue our relationship with WhitePages.com."
WhitePages.com, the leading Website for searching, finding and connecting with people, offers users a simple, fast and reliable way to identify the personal and business contact information they need. With more than 22 million unique users per month who conduct over 150 million monthly people and business searches, WhitePages.com leads the growing people search category, and is a top 40 Website.
"We are pleased about continuing our relationship with Idearc Media to provide both Superpages.com and WhitePages.com consumers with reciprocal, full-service directory assistance search functionality," said Max Bardon, president and COO of WhitePages.com. "It's always an added benefit for consumers to receive one-stop quality data whether they're searching for a person or a business."
In 2006, Superpages.com, the expert in local search, had more than 2.8 billion network searches and more than 18 million small-to-medium-sized business listings in the United States, 11 million of which feature enhanced content.
About Idearc Inc.
Idearc Inc. (NYSE:IAR) connects buyers and sellers with its multi-platform of advertising solutions including Verizon(R) Yellow Pages, Verizon(R) White Pages, smaller-sized portable Verizon(R) Yellow Pages Companion Directories, Superpages.com(R), Superpages Mobile(SM), Solutions At Hand(TM) magazine, Solutions at Home(TM) magazine, and Solutions on the Move(TM) and Solutions Direct(TM) direct mail packages. Idearc provides sales, publishing and other related services for more than 1,200 distinct directory titles in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Superpages.com, the expert in local search with more than 2.8 billion network searches and 18 million business listings in the United States in 2006, offers advertisers a variety of online advertising solutions. Superpages Mobile provides local search functionality for wireless subscribers. For more information, visit www.idearc.com.
IDEARC'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Idearc news releases, fact sheets, biographies, media contacts, high quality video and images, and other information are available at Idearc's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.idearc.com/pressroom.
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SOURCE: Idearc Inc.
Idearc Inc. Jannie Luong, 972-453-3916 jannie.luong@idearc.com
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