NetEase 2Q profit grows, beats analyst views and TripAdvisor Tells Tale of 10 Cities Where the Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 08/15/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. NetEase.com Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES) reported second-quarter earnings growth ahead of analyst views late Wednesday, helped by strength in the Beijing-based company's online game services and advertising services businesses. For the quarter that ended June 30, NetEase earned 438.2 million RMB ($63.9 million), or 49 cents per American Depositary Share, compared with 312.6 million RMB ($45.6 million), or 34 cents per ADS in the year-ago quarter. The company's revenue rose to 715.9 million RMB ($104.4 million) from 558 million RMB ($81.3 million), helped by increases in online game services and advertising services revenues.


Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading local search site and network, recently announced that the company was named a finalist for the first annual SES Awards in the "Search Engine with Most Relevant Search Results" category. In addition, the company will be presenting at Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose being held at the San Jose Convention Center, August 18-22, 2008. "We are pleased to be recognized by SES for our work in delivering consumers the most relevant local search results," said Heath Clarke, Local.com chairman and CEO. "This nomination is accepted on behalf of our engineering team, who are dedicated to the advancement of local search technologies."

TripAdvisor(R) (NASDAQ: EXPE) , the world's largest travel community, recently announced the top 10 literary destinations in the world, according to TripAdvisor editors. These locations have either been the home or inspiration to many of the greatest writers in Western civilization, and feature remarkable attractions as tributes to those authors, for travelers to enjoy recently. London was the birthplace or home of many of the greatest authors of all time, including Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, John Keats and H.G. Wells, to name a few. Visitors can stop by the home of Dickens, see the house where Benjamin Johnson wrote the first comprehensive English dictionary, or go on one of many guided walks that let you follow in Sherlock Holmes' footsteps. One TripAdvisor traveler calls London, "The home of the literature we have spent so much time learning and loving."

Equity Solutions Inc. announces it is currently featuring IAS Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: IASCA) www.iasenergy.com on USEquityNews.com. On July 7, 2008, IAS Energy announced that www.video1314.com had record web site traffic with over 14.3 million monthly hits to its site in June, 2008. "We are on track to becoming one of the top destination sites in Asia," said Samuel Kam, Vice President of Internet Development for IAS Energy, Inc. "We are now averaging more than half a million clicks to our site each day and expect this to increase substantially in the coming months through the introduction of more user-friendly interfaces in the future." Video1314.com is a fast growing Chinese Web 2.0 platform (similar to www.youtube.com) that allows users to share videos, music, audio as well as sell goods and services using videos in its marketplace. Since its launch, Video1314 has attracted millions of users and is fast becoming one of Asia's top Web2.0 destinations. Video1314.com currently serves the Greater China region, which includes mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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