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European Search Engine set for launch in April - Internationally competitive search offering launched from Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, February 24, 2010 - The search engine Entireweb www.entireweb.com has come to an agreement with Picsearch AB (publ) for providing image-search capabilities for Entireweb's new search engine, set to launch on April 7th.

The blending of two world-class technologies into one web property is not uncommon, but when involving two leading European technology companies, both from Sweden, it's truly unique and astonishing.

Both Entireweb and Picsearch have come a long way in creating world-class search engines, in their own niche markets. Entireweb is a general search engine that indexes web pages, while Picsearch is an image-search engine, indexing images.

This agreement is an important strategic step for Entireweb to be able to provide users with a leading general search engine and to compete with the current market leaders.



About Picsearch
Picsearch AB (publ) is a premium provider of online video and multimedia search services. Picsearch’s flexible and reliable video solutions power market leading businesses online. Picsearch multimedia search services are market leading in relevancy and family friendliness and power numerous leading Internet sites as well as its own Internet properties. Picsearch was founded in 2000, is privately held and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information please visit about.picsearch.com.


About Entireweb
Entireweb's goal is to be a leading supplier of search technology solutions.
The international Web search engine www.entireweb.com is not only a highly popular general purpose search engine used by millions of people around the world - it is also a showcase of our search technology and our expertise in the field of ultra-high-performance information retrieval from huge unstructured data sources. Entireweb is a trusted partner of internationally acclaimed search engines around the world, all relying on Entireweb to provide world-class search results.


For more information, contact:
Robert Risberg, CEO at Picsearch
Tel: +46 (0) 8 641 2233
E-mail: robert.risberg@picsearch.com

Max Andersson, Public and Media Relations Director at Entireweb.com
E-mail: press@entireweb.com

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