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October 1998
Thomson Directories Ltd (Thomson) has added
a number of new features to its website, www.thomweb.co.uk
, in a bid to be the leading online directory and to deliver
greater value to users and advertisers. Thomweb is the first
site to benefit from the recently announced joint venture
between Thomson and Infospace.com which has been established
to develop and distribute co-branded content packages to leading
international websites.
The central feature is Business Finder, Thomson’s popular
on-line facility, which helps users to search for company
information by name, location or category from Thomson’s
database of 2.2 million UK business listings. This has been
significantly enhanced to allow users to search for overseas
companies.
Users can also find information on their local area such as
places to visit, local history, entertainment, places to eat
out, a calendar of local events and contact numbers for libraries,
council offices, local groups and helplines.
In addition, the site now includes over 100 consumer tips
to help users deal with suppliers such as builders, letting
agents, insurance services and plumbers.
International information is available in country Travel Guides
that contain details of history, culture, things to see and
do, climate, geography and health and safety tips.
Fun features of the site include a global chat room, horoscopes
and the facility to set up a free email account with ThomWeb.
Senior marketing manager, Kendall Gordon, said: "By adding
relevant and complementary features to the site we want to
build the number of users and to give them reasons to come
back to the site time after time.
Already, traffic and advertising on the site is growing daily
and we are well on our way to making ThomWeb one of the leading
directory site on the web."
For further information please contact our Press
office.
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