SAN FRANCISCO, CA and NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 17, 2007 --
Seeking Alpha, the leading aggregator of financial blog content on the Internet,
and FinancialContent, Inc. (OTCBB: FCON), a company specializing in the
integration and delivery of financial data and tools to websites, announced
the availability of the first free stock quote widget specially designed
for the financial blogger community.
The Seeking Alpha Stock Quote Widget was unveiled today at the Web 2.0 Expo
in San Francisco. Built on FinancialContent's proprietary stock quote widget
platform, it features stock quote data from the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, and
Pink Sheets and OTC Bulletin Boards. It also features headlines from Seeking
Alpha's renowned opinion and analysis content. Available for free at http://stockwidget.seekingalpha.com,
Seeking Alpha's stock quote widget is fully customizable and can be easily
integrated onto any website or blog.
"Professional financial blogs have become one of the primary sources
of information for the investment community, and Seeking Alpha is the leader
in the financial blog revolution," said Wing Yu, CEO of FinancialContent.
"We are proud that Seeking Alpha has chosen FinancialContent to create
a stock quote widget that meets the needs of this fast growing community."
"Providing financial bloggers with a podium to reach the wider investment
community is one of the reasons Seeking Alpha has become the fastest growing
financial website on the Internet today," said David Jackson, founder
and CEO of Seeking Alpha. "Seeking Alpha's stock quote widget further
develops our relationship with the financial blogger community, by providing
them with a robust platform of financial information that will increase
the functionality and stickiness of their own websites and blogs."
About Seeking Alpha:
Seeking Alpha (www.seekingalpha.com)
is a leading online provider of stock market opinion and analysis. Backed
by Benchmark Capital, Seeking Alpha features articles from over 400 financial
experts, commentators and business leaders. Its content is featured daily
on Yahoo! Finance, Barron's Online, Google Finance and other financial information
providers. Seeking Alpha is broadly read by money managers, research analysts,
investment bankers and individual investors.
About FinancialContent, Inc.
FinancialContent is a leading provider of stock market data, business news,
and online content syndication services. The Company's mission is to provide
content solutions with the industry's best user experience and highest return
on investment for its clients. With over 700 deployments worldwide, FinancialContent
manages a global network of private-label financial channels for diversified
media companies and financial services firms. For more information, please
visit http://www.financialcontent.com.
FinancialContent is publicly traded on the over-the-counter market under
the ticker symbol FCON.
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based on the information available to the company, actual results may differ
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cause actual results to differ are set forth in FinancialContent, Inc.'s
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