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| Interest.com Hits Record 14 Million Visitors in 2004; Growth Doubles Villa Park, Ill., Monday, January 10, 2005 -- Interest.com, a leading mortgage and personal finance Internet marketplace connecting consumers with lenders, said Monday it set a new record-high number of users during 2004, as usage more than doubled. "We delivered 14 million unique visitors last year, averaging more than one million a month, according to our internal analytics," said Rafael Zorrilla, Interest.com's director of interactive services. "The number of people visiting our site looking for financial information and mortgage rates was more than 200 percent higher than in 2003, when we had some six million unique visitors." Zorrilla attributed the double-digit growth largely to a site redesign that made it easier for consumers to find high-quality information and data about mortgages when they are considering buying or refinancing a home. Interest.com plans to expand its consumer education efforts this summer by introducing a true Weblog that will let consumers comment, ask questions and post replies to mortgage and other timely financial topics posted by Interest.com's staff, he added. About Interest.com: Interest.com is an Internet finance marketplace educating and connecting consumers to quality lenders. Since 1994, Interest.com has provided the tools and information consumers need to make the best financial decisions. Features such as financial calculators, mortgage charts, consumer articles and e-mail newsletters let users to interact with our site. More than 300 newspaper publications and 65 partner mortgage centers - including many of the nation's top 10 newspapers - rely on Interest.com as the source and publisher of financial rates and information. |
| Questions? Please contact Laura Jacobs, senior editor, (630) 782-4386 MediaRelations@interest.com |