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Carmine Gentile, Vice President of Sales
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The Toledo Blade launches new comprehensive marketplace

Shopper’s Advantage now includes business directories and online shopping

LOVELAND, OH, April 7, 2008 - The Toledo Blade and toledoblade.com today launched a new integrated marketplace site for Toledo area shoppers.

The Blades’ upgraded local marketplace features HarvestINFO's latest portal software release, Deal Storm which includes a re-designed user interface, additional display features, and advanced search engine optimization. Included in the new site are 1,000’s of Toledo area businesses highlighted in an integrated directory and the addition of national retail shopping content in partnership with Yahoo! Shopping.

John Crisp, Director of New Media for the Blade said, "We are very excited about the opportunities that the new ShopMountain software offers to both our readers and advertisers... the integration of directories to the search results, local deals and the Yahoo! shopping offer a feature rich user experience."

He goes on to say, “The team at Harvest has come through again, not only with a great product, service and support that we have come to rely upon but also with an innovative product that allows us the opportunity to maximize our readers and advertisers interaction in an intuitive way. We are excited to have the new version online!”

“We have a great relationship with the Toledo Blade and look forward to serving John and his users. His vision for his marketplace dovetails nicely with our product offerings now and into the future,” says Joe Rueth, CEO of HarvestINFO.

About HarvestINFO, Inc.
HarvestINFO, Inc. provides leading edge local search, online shopping, and online advertising technology solutions for hundreds of media clients, representing over 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. For more information on what HarvestINFO can do for your local franchise, please visit www.harvestinfo.com.
 

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