Top Ten Automotive Web Sites Announced in '30 Days on the Internet'
6 September 2000
Top Ten Automotive Web Sites Announced in '30 Days on the Internet'
Best Places on the Internet for Automotive Information Announced, Narrowing
Down the Search for New and Used Vehicle Resources
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 6 Galaxy.com, a leading vertical
Internet directory, today announced the day six winners of "30 Days on the
Internet." According to Galaxy's Internet librarians, the best places on the
Web to find valuable, educational and entertaining information about cars in a
user-friendly format are:
About.com: Cars -- http://www.about.com/autos/cars/
Autopedia -- http://www.autopedia.com
Autoweb -- http://www.autoweb.com.au
Car Talk -- http://www.cartalk.cars.com
Dept. of Commerce: Office of Automotive Affairs -- http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/auto
Edmund's -- http://www.edmunds.com
Kelley Blue Book -- http://www.kbb.com
National Highway Traffic Safety Association -- http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
Sympatico: Automotive --
http://www.bc.sympatico.ca/Contents/Automotive/index.html
Woman Motorist -- http://www.womanmotorist.com
Internet users can register daily to win a four-year supply of oil changes
from Jiffy Lube by visiting http://www.galaxy.com and voting for their favorite
automotive site. Each day of "30 Days on the Internet" voters can register to
win a category-related prize, and at the end of the campaign a grand prize
winner will be randomly selected to win all 30 prizes. The thirty favorite
sites as voted on by Galaxy visitors will be announced at Internet World Fall
2000.
Additionally, Bank of America has partnered with Galaxy to provide reports
containing financial profiles, relevant industry trends and the latest
research about the automotive industry. An executive summary is posted on the
Galaxy Web site. WebVision, a provider of full-scale Internet business
solutions, has also aligned with Galaxy as the event sponsor.
"More than 21 million Internet users sought automotive information online
in 1999, according to a recent report by Cyber Dialogue," said Galaxy's chief
executive officer, J. Tod Fetherling. "As Internet users continue to use the
Web for major purchases, such as automobiles, it is important for them to be
provided with reliable resources."
This is the sixth winning category in Galaxy's "30 Days on the Internet"
campaign, a program designed to recognize the best sites in 30 different
categories throughout September. Galaxy is accepting submissions for the
remaining 24 categories.
In the next five days, Galaxy will announce top ten winners in:
Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 10
Leisure/Recreation Sex/Relationships Travel Career
Sept. 11 Sept. 12
Fashion Agriculture
About Galaxy:
Galaxy, a leading Internet directory, provides fast, contextually relevant
searches of the Internet for numerous vertical markets, including health,
education, international, shopping, pets and more. Because Galaxy's human
information specialists review sites before submission into the Galaxy
directory, search results will not include sites with adult content, hate or
violence or sites without content value. Launched in January 1994, Galaxy is
the first searchable Internet directory. Galaxy is based in Austin, Texas,
and has administrative offices in Nashville, TN. The company is owned 50/50 by
a subsidiary of FOX Entertainment , a group of private investors
and management. For more information about Galaxy, visit
http://www.galaxy.com/.
For more information, contact:
Susan Prather Lindsey Weinberg
Galaxy Springbok Technologies for Galaxy
(615) 507-8006 (512) 615-1609
sprather@galaxy.com lweinberg@springbok.com