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YAHOO! SMALL BUSINESS INTRODUCES YAHOO!
SITEBUILDER
Innovative Design Tool Makes It Easier Than Ever to Build a
Professional Web Site
Free for Yahoo! Web Hosting Customers
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News), a leading global Internet
company, today announced the launch of Yahoo! SiteBuilder, an
innovative design tool enabling small businesses to build
professional, business-class Web sites quickly and easily. The
new tool is available now on Yahoo!® Web Hosting (http://webhosting.yahoo.com),
and is free for Yahoo! Web Hosting customers.
Deepening its commitment to be the only place a small business
needs to go to be successful online, Yahoo! Small Business
created and developed Yahoo! SiteBuilder, a Java-based client-side
Web site design tool with business-class authoring, management
and customization, to make it easier than ever for small
businesses to establish an online presence. With Yahoo!
SiteBuilder, no programming knowledge is required. The easy-to-use
tool enables small businesses to use drag-and-drop editing to
build professional and sophisticated Web sites.
"Yahoo! SiteBuilder meets a critical SMB customer need in
the marketplace," said Helen Chan, senior analyst, Small and
Medium Business Strategies, The Yankee Group. "It's obvious
the Yahoo! Small Business team has put a great deal of thought
and commitment into making the tool simple, straightforward and
intuitive. Yahoo! SiteBuilder is the great solution for small
businesses who want an effective, professional and customizable
Web site quickly and easily."
"Yahoo! Small Business is dedicated to delivering innovative
solutions to meet the growing needs of small businesses,"
said Rich Riley, vice president and general manager, Yahoo! Small
Business. "Yahoo! SiteBuilder is the latest example of our
ongoing commitment to provide small businesses with easy to use
tools and services to help them create a unique, compelling and
professional online presence."
Yahoo! is offering the new tool for free. Yahoo! Web Hosting
customers can publish their Web site directly to their Yahoo! Web
Hosting account. New users can publish their Web site by signing
up for any of the three affordable Yahoo! Web Hosting packages.
Making It Easy for Small Businesses
Yahoo! SiteBuilder provides the ultimate in customizability with
more than 200 templates such as professional services, interior
design, real estate and travel, among many others. It enables
users to drag and drop images anywhere on the site, insert
backgrounds, layer designs, edit, preview and "undo"
mistakes. Also, Yahoo! SiteBuilder provides a Getting Started
Guide that walks customers through a step-by-step process, from
creating a page to publishing a site.
Making it more convenient than ever, Yahoo! SiteBuilder allows
for offline management, providing small businesses the freedom to
modify their site without being connected to the Internet. In
addition, Yahoo! SiteBuilder uses open standards and is designed
to create multi-page sites versus individual pages, allowing for
navigation bar building and link management.
Leveraging the broad reach of the Yahoo! network, Yahoo!
SiteBuilder enables small businesses to quickly and easily add
unique services and tools only available on Yahoo! such as Yahoo!
Search, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! News, among many
other resources.
Small Businesses Choose Yahoo!
Today, Yahoo! is a leading provider of shared-hosting services to
small businesses with hundreds of thousands of customers. This
evolution is ongoing as Yahoo! Small Business continues to bundle
more and more of the complete set of services that small
businesses need now and will need in the future online.
"It is expected for businesses these days to have a Web
presence, whether they are a restaurant or a flower shop. Small
businesses trust Yahoo! for their online solutions because we are
focused on providing tools and resources that make it easy for
them to succeed," continued Riley.
About Yahoo! Small Business
Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) is the
only place a small business needs to go to be successful online.
In a powerful one-stop shop, Yahoo! Small Business integrates one
of the world's leading shared hosting solutions with business
critical services that enable small businesses to get online,
sell online and market and promote online. Yahoo! Small Business
includes services such as Yahoo! Web Hosting (http://webhosting.yahoo.com),
Yahoo! Domains, Yahoo! Business Mail, and Yahoo! Store (http://store.yahoo.com).
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online
products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide.
Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most
trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 world
properties and is available in 13 languages.
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