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<DIV ALIGN="right"><B><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica" SIZE=5 COLOR="#FFFFFF">press release</FONT></B><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica" SIZE=5 COLOR="#FFFFFF">&nbsp; </FONT>
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<TD BGCOLOR="#FF3100" COLSPAN=3><B><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica" COLOR="#FFFFFF">Internet in Belgium</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD><A HREF="index.html" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='Directory';return true"><IMG SRC="images/directory.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="http://crawler.webwatch.be/crawler.acgi" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='Crawler';return true"><IMG SRC="images/crawler.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="/chat/default.html" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='Chat';return true"><IMG SRC="images/chat.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="most/index.html" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='Most wanted!';return true"><IMG SRC="images/most.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="mail/index.html" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='By Mail';return true"><IMG SRC="images/mail.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="/news/" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='News';return true"><IMG SRC="http://www.webwatch.be/images/News.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="week.html" TARGET="_top" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='Site of the Week';return true"><IMG SRC="images/week.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="http://www.webwatch.be/users/" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='Community';return true"><IMG SRC="http://www.webwatch.be/images/comm.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A> <A HREF="recent.dlp" ONMOUSEOVER="window.status ='Recent Sites';return true"><IMG SRC="images/recent.gif" WIDTH=41 HEIGHT=41 BORDER=0></A></TD>
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Webwatch opens all of Belgium to the online world &nbsp; </H3>
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<P><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica">Brussels, Belgium - November 10, 1996 -- For immediate release</FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="http://www.dad.be">Digital Age Design</A> is pleased to announce the opening of <A HREF="index.html">Webwatch</A>, the first web site to offer a complete search of the Belgian
Internet. This powerful &quot;search robot&quot; has visited and indexed
every site on the Internet concerning Belgium. It allows any Internet
user world-wide to find information about any subject quickly
and easily. Because it is specific to Belgium, this site will
provide research responses that are much more accurate and useful
than those found on international search tools that categorize
the entire World Wide Web. &nbsp; </FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica">The Webwatch search engine was created to respond to the need
for an in-depth classification of Belgian Internet sites. In the
past, Belgian &quot;search sites&quot; consisted of a simple database that
depended on site administrators and web surfers to add new sites
as they were discovered. International search &quot;robots&quot; had indexed
so many sites around the world, that searching for purely Belgian
sites was an impossible task. By using robot technology for a
smaller field of Internet sites, the Webwatch engine allows specific
information from Belgium to be found almost instantly. &nbsp; </FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica">A &quot;search robot&quot; is a computer that continually searches and updates
information about sites located on the Internet all by itself.
By indexing critical information such as the title, address, and
keywords of a site, the robot creates a fully searchable database.
Because it is constantly looking at sites 24 hours a day, new
sites and changes to existing sites are constantly updated. &nbsp;
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<P><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica">Search tools are the most effective ways of finding useful information
on the Internet. Because there are over 50 million web pages world-wide,
and approximately 90 thousand in Belgium alone, an accurate and
reliable means of classifying and finding relevant information
is extremely important. By submitting a variety of keywords into
the search tool, the computer can sort through all of the sites
it has indexed to find pages that contain the given words. &nbsp; </FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica">The Webwatch search engine is the first search tool in Belgium
that has searched and indexed all of the thousands of Belgian
sites. The Webwatch site began one year ago as a manually updated
index of selected belgian sites, and was expanded to a crawler
after six months. While in its &quot;beta&quot;, or test phase, the site
had already become one of the most popular in Belgium, receiving
over 500 visitors a day. The site still features a &quot;best of Belgium&quot;
list featuring interesting sites grouped by subject, featured
sites of the week, and other exciting features. &nbsp; </FONT>
<P><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica">Webwatch was designed and created by Digital Age Design. Directed
by the Belgian Internet guru <A HREF="http://www.dad.be/BL/">Benoit Lips</A>, DAD offers complete solutions for an Internet presence. Much
more than simple web site design, DAD takes a global approach
to helping clients use Internet technology for a variety of communications
needs. Their clients include Toyota Europe, Sony Music, Thalys,
and other Belgian and European businesses. From web site design
and development to hosting, database management, Intranet development
and other on-line services, DAD is leading the cutting edge of
Internet development in Belgium. &nbsp; </FONT>
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