Google.org Invests More Than $10 Million in Breakthrough Geothermal Energy Technology and The New Look of LookSmart

City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 08/19/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. In the continuing effort to develop electricity from renewable energy cheaper than from coal, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), through its philanthropic arm Google.org, announced $10.25 million in investments in a breakthrough energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). Today's announcement also includes funding for research on next-generation geothermal resource mapping, EGS information tools, and a policy agenda for geothermal energy. EGS expands the potential of geothermal energy by orders of magnitude. The traditional geothermal approach relies on finding naturally occurring pockets of steam and hot water. The EGS process, by comparison, replicates these conditions by fracturing hot rock, circulating water through the system, and using the resulting steam to produce electricity in a conventional turbine.



MIVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIVA), recently announced the continued international expansion of its ALOT toolbar brand following the signing of a co-branded toolbar distribution agreement with Comercio Mas, S.A. de C.V., which operates entertainment portals esmas.com, gyggs.com and tarabu.com. Comercio Mas is part of Grupo Televisa, the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world. The agreement has seen the development and launch of a co-branded ALOT Esmas.com toolbar that features buttons providing users with one click access to different channels of the Esmas.com portal. The new toolbar also includes site search and full web search functionality, displaying both algorithmic results and sponsored links.

LookSmart, Ltd. (NASDAQ: LOOK), a pay-per-click (PPC) Search Advertising Network and technology solutions provider, recently unveiled its new corporate identity and redesigned Web site, LookSmart.com, at the 2008 Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose. The company is an exhibitor, as well as a sponsor and participant in a panel discussion entitled "Everything but Google: Alternative Search Advertising Options." LookSmart worked with Boston-based, social media marketing agency Digital Influence Group on the project. "LookSmart has a strong online marketing brand and a long operating history," said Ted West, chief executive officer and president of LookSmart. "While we did not want to change our trade name, our new corporate identity reflects our commitment to quality search advertising products and services through the company's proven AdCenter platform, and tenacious delivery of results for search advertisers and web publishers on our search advertising networks."

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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