AllBusiness.com Announces Alliance With About.com

SAN BRUNO, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- AllBusiness.com ( http://www.allbusiness.com/ ), an online media and e-commerce company that operates one of the leading business Web sites, today announced an agreement with About-Inc., a division of The New York Times Company. Under terms of the partnership, AllBusiness.com will provide a comprehensive Small Business Resource Center at http://allbusiness.about.com/ . This extends the award-winning AllBusiness.com content to a top 15 Web property, and enhances About.com's Business Channel -- which currently receives more than 300,000 unique visitors each month -- with additional and valuable business insight.

AllBusiness.com is a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs, small and growing businesses, consultants and business professionals in need of practical advice and resources to start, manage and grow their companies. AllBusiness.com offers thousands of articles, forms and tools that address real-world business questions and presents practical solutions that help growing businesses save time and money. Through the agreement, a selection of AllBusiness.com articles are now featured throughout various categories on the About.com site, under such topics as Starting a Business, Business Incorporation, Legal, Business Plans, Franchising, Financing your Business, Contracts, Internet & E-Commerce, Employment & HR, Personal Finance, and Buying and Selling a Business.

"The creation of a centralized repository of AllBusiness.com articles on the About.com Business Channel brings to it a significant amount of valuable information from one of the pre-eminent providers of resources to the small business market," said Peter Horan, CEO of About.com. "The resource center stands as an extension to our own Guide-generated content and we believe it will deeply satisfy the millions of visitors who come to our site looking for practical solutions to their everyday business questions. This partnership carries broad appeal across a range of small business owners and those looking to jump into business ownership."

"AllBusiness.com is pleased to enter into this alliance with About.com as it allows us to continue to provide businesses with our critically-acclaimed content through one of the best brands on the Internet," said Richard Harroch, Chairman of AllBusiness.com. "We also are very excited to have About.com as a partner, as our goals and objectives are consistent: to help the small business owner with the action-oriented information they need to grow and succeed."

About AllBusiness.com

AllBusiness.com, Inc. (http://www.allbusiness.com/) is an online media and e-commerce company that operates one of the premier business sites on the Web. The site was founded in 1999, and has received critical acclaim from The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business 2.0, Fortune, and other publications as one of the best business sites on the Web. AllBusiness.com provides entrepreneurs, small and growing businesses, consultants and business professionals everything they need to start, manage and grow their companies. The site offers practical resources including articles, business forms, contracts and agreements, expert advice, blogs, questions and answers, business news, business directory listings, product comparisons, business guides and services, tools, a small business association, product discounts and more. AllBusiness.com content and services may be accessed via its Web site or by signing up for its content syndication program, RSS feeds or e-newsletter. AllBusiness.com is based in San Bruno, California, and backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, one of the largest venture capital funds in the country with over $2.8 billion under management.

About About.com

Founded in 1997, About.com is the leading online source for original consumer information and advice and was acquired in March 2005 by The New York Times Company , a leading media company with 2004 revenues of $3.3 billion, which includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other newspapers, eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.com and Boston.com. As a top 15 Web property, About.com holds a valued role in the lives of more than 20 million Internet users. The success of About.com centers around a unique Guide System that features 23 content channels and promotes original content from more than 475 topical advisors or "Guides." The Guides are the heart and soul of the About.com experience, sharing their passions across 50,000+ topics and offering actionable information and advice that is always useful, practical and personally relevant. With more than 1 million pieces of original content and approximately 400 million page views per month, About.com's robust library stands as the largest of its kind on the Web today, maintaining its position as one of the Web's most popular destinations.

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