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InfoSpace Powers Private-Label Web Search and Toolbar for NBCOlympics.com's Coverage of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games

FAST site search to complement InfoSpace Web search results

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2004--InfoSpace Search & Directory, a leading Web search and online directory services provider and a business of InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq:INSP), today announced that it will provide its Private-Label Web Search and Search Toolbar for NBC's 2004 Olympics Web site (www.NBCOlympics.com). By deploying InfoSpace's award-winning Metasearch and Toolbar, NBCOlympics.com expects to better meet the needs of its site visitors during the course of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
As part of this agreement, site search results provided by Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (FAST(TM)) (Oslo Bors:FAST) will also be presented on relevant Web search results pages. FAST Data Search(TM) for Site Search will aggregate the site's data and apply third generation relevancy algorithms to present NBCOlympics.com visitors with relevant data as soon as it becomes available.

"InfoSpace's private-label Web Search and Toolbar solution is attractive to us because it helps us create a more compelling and engaging experience for our users," said Gary Zenkel, executive vice president, NBC Olympics. "Visitors to our Olympics site want to find out more information about their favorite athletes and events. They can now access related Internet search results delivered under the NBCOlympics.com brand without leaving our site."

Users who download the NBCOlympics.com-branded Toolbar will have convenient access to a variety of useful services available from anywhere on the Web. The Toolbar resides within a user's Web browser and includes a scrolling NBC Olympics news ticker to help fans continually monitor the latest news and developments. Clicking on a headline within the news ticker takes users directly to the full story at NBCOlympics.com.

"InfoSpace's private-label products are designed to help our partners tap into Web and local search revenues by providing valuable features under the partner's own brand," said Brian McManus, executive vice president, InfoSpace Search & Directory. "Web search and directory services are useful within the context of many online activities, and our goal is to help our partners deliver a gold-medal search experience that bolsters their revenues and exceeds their customers' expectations."

By integrating multiple leading search experiences, InfoSpace delivers more relevant results to end users and higher revenue opportunity for distribution partners. InfoSpace offers a turnkey private-label Web Search solution, which includes algorithmic and paid results from the leading search engines; a complete hosting platform built on InfoSpace's carrier-grade infrastructure; and comprehensive development, reporting and support services.

InfoSpace distributes private-label services to a number of the most heavily trafficked sites on the Web, including ISPs, content sites and search providers. InfoSpace's flexible offering supports this diverse customer group's varying needs with regard to branding, product integration and technology support.

About InfoSpace Search & Directory

InfoSpace Search & Directory markets Web search and online directory products that help users find the information they need while creating revenue opportunities for merchants. InfoSpace Search & Directory operates a family of Internet properties that includes Dogpile (www.dogpile.com), Switchboard (www.switchboard.com), WebCrawler (www.webcrawler.com), InfoSpace.com (www.infospace.com) and MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com). InfoSpace Search & Directory also powers Web search, along with online yellow and white pages, for a variety of Web sites. InfoSpace Search & Directory is a business of InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP).

More information can be found at http://www.infospaceinc.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding InfoSpace's search distribution agreement with NBCOlympics.com. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect InfoSpace's actual results include the scope and timing of the deployment of InfoSpace Web search and toolbar across the NBCOlympics.com site and the extent of end user adoption and usage of the InfoSpace Web search product on that network. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in the section entitled "Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward- looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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