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Local.com CEO to Present at SMX Local & Mobile and Exclusive Export Trade Meetings Turn Summer Into Hot Selling Season for Greater China Suppliers


City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 07/10/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading local search site and network, will be presenting at the SMX Local & Mobile Conference being held at the JW Marriott in San Francisco, California, July 24-25, 2008. Heath Clarke, Local.com chairman and chief executive officer, will be a featured presenter on the "Future of LoMo: Convergence is Upon Us" panel on Thursday, July 24, from 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. The panel will examine the convergence of local and mobile search technologies and how these changes will shape the future of search. Chaired by search marketing experts, Chris Sherman and Greg Sterling, SMX Local & Mobile is one of the only events focused on local and mobile search marketing.



General Nutrition Corporation, ("GNC"), the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional products, and WebMD (NASDAQ: WBMD), the leading source of health information, recently announced a multi-year marketing partnership to increase consumer awareness and understanding of the importance of vitamins and supplements to improve overall health and wellness. Under the agreement, a new "Live Well Topic Center" will be hosted on GNC.com and on WebMD, giving users access to WebMD content on health and wellness as well as direct links to GNC.com. Consumer education and product information will be distributed across GNC's 4,900 U.S. retail locations in addition to the WebMD network of over 50 million unique monthly users and GNC.com.

Global Sources' (NASDAQ: GSOL) suppliers will get the opportunity to boost their summer orders at 13 Private Sourcing Events ( http://www.PrivateSourcingEvents.com ) held across China in July and August. Global Sources' Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "In the electronics industry, for example, buyers have usually selected suppliers and started production by the end of spring. "Private Sourcing Events give buyers the opportunity to meet a range of pre-screened suppliers, all in a single day and at a single location. Because this shortens the sourcing cycle, it enables them to extend purchasing beyond the usual spring season.

SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced that a new audio interview featuring, Elysium Internet Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Scott Gallagher of Elysium Internet, Inc. (OTCBB: USBF) is now available at SmallCapVoice.com. The interview can be heard at http://www.smallcapvoice.com/usbf/usbf-6-10-08.php. Elysium Internet CEO Scott Gallagher commented, "In only a few short months since going public we have acquired some of the best Internet real estate in our space. Our first two directories are showing up on page one of the organic listings at Yahoo, MSN.com and Google. The Internet ad space is growing at a record pace. We look forward to the coming launch of Pediatricians.com, Psychiatrists.com and Podiatrists.com to further expand our customer and revenue base and we welcome the opportunity to communicate our business strategy to web sites such as www.SmallCapVoice.com."

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