St. Petersburg Times Selects HarvestINFO to Enhance Online Marketplace and Advertising Services

Media publisher launches HarvestINFO’s new local deals technology Deal Storm™ online at www.sptimes.com

MASON, OH, January 9, 2006 – HarvestINFO, Inc., a leading provider of local search, shopping and advertising solutions, today announced its partnership with the St. Petersburg Times to deliver improved online marketplace and advertising services in the Tampa Bay area with Deal Storm™.

Featured within the popular Marketplace section of the Times’ website, www.sptimes.com/marketplace, Deal Storm™ enables consumers to search a wide variety of advertisements – classifieds, retail display ads, and full page inserts – to easily find the best local deals. Users can search for products or services by entering keywords or browsing by category. Relevant products or services, including individual items isolated from within larger ads or inserts, are returned to the user in an integrated, intuitive result set.

“Deal Storm™ connects our advertisers with local online consumers through a content-rich and incredibly user-friendly shopping tool,” said Christine Montgomery, director of electronic publishing for the St. Petersburg Times. “We are very pleased not only with our site’s improved search functionality and revenue opportunities, but the responsiveness and professionalism of the HarvestINFO team as well.”

“Our partnership with the St. Petersburg Times highlights the pairing of our traditional services with sophisticated new search and advertising technology developed with our media partners’ needs in mind,” said Michael Galamb, vice president of sales, HarvestINFO, Inc. “With Deal Storm™, advertisers benefit from exposure to highly targeted prospects – folks researching online where to find the best deal in their local area. Our media partners in turn benefit from strengthened relationships with both advertisers and consumers.”

The partnership between the St. Petersburg Times and HarvestINFO, Inc. will continue into the new year with expanded Deal Storm™ services available Q1 2006.

About HarvestINFO, Inc.HarvestINFO, Inc. provides leading edge local search, online shopping, and online advertising technology solutions for hundreds of media clients, representing 50 publishing groups, worldwide. Since 1996, HarvestINFO has delivered solutions that enable media clients to strengthen their commitment of service to local advertisers and consumers, and compete in their local marketplace.