Yellowpages.com™ & WebNow.com™ Announce Every Business Phone Number Will Now Be a Free Web Address & Directory Listing

KIHEI, MAUI, HAWAII – October 4, 2000 – WebNow.com™, a leading supplier of small business web sites, and online directory giant YellowPages.com, have teamed up to give millions of small businesses in the US and Canada a leg up on the web. The companies have reserved free web sites and online directory listings for 10 million small businesses across North America. To get these resources, all a company needs is a phone number.

"Every business with a phone number now has a web address," said Joe Gleason, President of WebNow.com. "We're investing in American and Canadian small businesses by pledging resources to provide a free web site. Plus our partnership with YellowPages.com gives them a place to advertise that web site."

Businesses should go to www.webnow.com and use their phone numbers in the log-in process, which will give each web site a unique address. Users can change the web address anytime, and can link up to ten web addresses to a single site. Users will be walked through a three-step process that helps them activate, customize and publish a complete site.

"It's our goal to help small businesses save time and money," said Gleason. "With WebNow.com, they get a complete, professional web site that harnesses the power of the web, without the time and cost of an expensively engineered site."

Businesses should create sites now, and will be sent full instructions on how to activate their free YellowPages.com listing.

"It's a great way for a small business to get started on the web," said Dane Madsen, CEO of YellowPages.com. "A web site and a place to advertise it are two basic elements to Internet success. Our partnership with WebNow.com enables us to offer both for free."

The companies have also arranged a host of premium services designed to further enhance the user's web marketing power, including custom domain registration, shopping cart, search engine submission and business cards.

With offices in Hawaii and Michigan, WebNow.com is the leading supplier of co-branded web site building services, with more than 50,000 business members. Partners include Fortune 500 companies, Banks, and ASP.

YellowPages.com offers reliable marketing solutions including Directory, Business Card, and Interactive Billboard Listings, Display Ads, and online coupons.