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2005 June 15th

WhitePages.com Makes Top 50 Ad-Focused Website List

Company surpasses 12 million monthly unique users

SEATTLE-June 15, 2005

WhitePages.com, Inc., a leading provider of online directory assistance services, today announced that WhitePages.com has earned a spot on the list of Top 50 Ad-Focused websites for the first time in company history, as measured by comScore Media Metrix. In May, the company had over 12.5 million monthly unique users and 172 million monthly page views in the U.S. alone. The company attributes this achievement to its single focus on providing the highest quality free residential directory assistance and contact management services to consumers and businesses. WhitePages.com has also experienced rapid growth of its partner base, which includes companies such as MSN, SBC, BellSouth and YellowPages.com.

WhitePages.com Network is the largest provider of online residential directory assistance in North America, providing one out of every four lookups in the United States and three out of every four lookups in Canada. In addition to earning placement on the list of Top 50 Ad-Focused sites,

WhitePages.com jumped from 90 to 51 on comScore's list of Top Internet Properties between January and May 2005. Reaching these milestones demonstrates the value of WhitePages.com services to its advertisers and distribution partners, and positions the company to achieve its projected growth through the remainder of 2005.

"Earning recognition as a Top 50 website is a significant milestone in the evolution of WhitePages.com that highlights consumers' increasing reliance on Internet resources for contact information," said Susie Kang-Algard, senior vice president, WhitePages.com Network. "Reaching this unprecedented level of site traffic and page views enables us to deliver even more value to our advertising partners, and highlights the quality and convenience of our directory assistance services for consumers."

WhitePages.com Network, the consumer facing service of WhitePages.com, Inc., is comprised of WhitePages.com (www.whitepages.com), WhitePages.ca (www.whitepages.ca), 411.com (www.411.com), Address.com (www.address.com), PhoneNumber.com (www.phonenumber.com) and over 1,300 Internet partner sites including SBC, BellSouth, and YellowPages.com. WhitePages.com Network reaches over 16.5 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. and Canada, providing advertisers a higher percentage of value when compared to other online directory assistance sites.

About WhitePages.com
WhitePages.com, a privately held company based in Seattle, is the most trusted and comprehensive source for consumers to quickly and easily find relevant, accurate contact information in North America. The company's network of sites include WhitePages.com (www.whitepages.com), WhitePages.ca (www.whitepages.ca), 411.com (www.411.com), Address.com (www.address.com), PhoneNumber.com (www.phonenumber.com), and its 1,300 partner sites including Superpages.com, YellowPages.com and Canada411. The on-the-go user can also access contact information via cell phone, Blackberrys and other web-enabled mobile devices.

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John Lusk
WhitePages

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