New AskMeNow Mobile Content Portal Will Easily Take Traditional Publishers Mobile
IRVINE, CA - (February 21, 2008) - AskMeNow Inc. (OTCBB: AKMN), a pioneer and innovator in mobile information access technology, today announces it will open up its mobile platform to publishers. This open platform will give Partner Publishers an easy way to join the mobile medium for no cost, and will also extend the range of content available to AskMeNow users.
Through a simple integration, traditional and online publishers will be able to easily develop a mobile presence by joining the open AskMeNow platform. Members of the Publisher Partner Program will have a range of customizable options to choose from when having their branded mobile solutions developed, including mobile search of their content and alert-style SMS content pushes. Partner Publisher's mobile portals can be easily promoted on Partner's traditional media platforms and will also be included in AskMeNow's existing carrier distribution channels to U.S. & Canadian mobile customers. Additionally, all Publisher Partner portals will be provided to mobile users for no premium charge and will be tied into AskMeNow's advertising networks, which will generate immediate revenues to be shared by the Partner Publisher and AskMeNow.
AskMeNow has already announced partnership agreements with a variety of popular desktop publishers and will soon incorporate new partners across various content verticals.
"AskMeNow is the only mobile search solution that truly gives consumers what they want -- instant answers and not just links to Websites," says Darryl Cohen, AskMeNow's CEO. "By opening AskMeNow up as a platform for publishers to go mobile, consumers will have even more answers at their fingertips and publishers will gain an easy way to reach their customers through a whole new medium."
AskMeNow is accessible on almost any mobile phone that supports SMS or mobile Web in the U.S. and Canada. The service is designed to make searching for and finding information as quick as possible for consumers by providing relevant answers to queries right on the page.
For additional information on AskMeNow Publisher Partner Program please visit http://www.askmenow.com/partners.aspx
About AskMeNow:
AskMeNow Inc. (OTCBB: AKMN) is an Irvine, Ca.-based public corporation specializing in mobile and desktop search and content delivery. AskMeNow's solutions for publishers, advertisers and individuals provide single relevant answers through the most sophisticated semantic search. AskMeNow is the owner of and creator of AskWiki.com, a natural language search engine created to provide individuals improved search of the Wikipedia.org knowledgebase. AskMeNow's mobile search solution is available using SMS, client applications or the WAP 2.0 site http://m.askmenow.com. For more information on AskMeNow, please visit www.askmenow.com
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains certain statements which are not historical or current fact and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of such term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual financial or operating results of the Company or AskMeNow to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on our best estimates of future results, performance or achievements, based on current conditions and the most recent results of the Company and AskMeNow. In addition to statements which explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with the terms may, will, potential, opportunity, belies, belier, expects, intends, estimates, anticipates or plans to be which are uncertain and forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
AskMeNow Media Relations
Grant Cohen
(P): 949.861.2590 x203
(E): gcohen@askmenow.com
http://www.askmenow.com/press.aspx
or
AskMeNow Investor Relations
Larry Turel
(P): 561.213.1955
(E): lturel@bellsouth.net
http://www.askmenow.com/investors.aspx
